In the past eighteen months this stone has been privately shown to three reigning royal houses in Asia and the Middle East. All three declined to acquire it. Their reason was identical: “Too recognisable.” 18.88 ct oval Origin: Mogok (old mine, pre-1962 embargo) Colour: GRS & AGL “Pigeon Blood” (the deepest red either lab will…
In 2025 the phone rings the same way every week: Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Phillips, Bonhams, and two Geneva houses we cannot name. All asking the same question: “Do you still have anything clean above 30 carats?” They know the answer before they dial. We never say yes. Here is why they call, and why we will…
Mogok has not produced a single commercial crystal of this calibre in over twenty years. Everything that moves now is old family inventory – and most of that is gone. In December 2025 we received the final parcel that will ever leave the original trading families of Myanmar and Bangkok: 38.4 total carats across three…
Asscher cuts are supposed to be small. They are supposed to be safe. They are supposed to stay under 5 carats. This one never listened. 21.07 ct D Internally Flawless Type IIa, chemically pure Hand-cut in Antwerp by the last cutter alive who still does every facet by hand and eye GIA: “Exceptional symmetry and…
In 2024, the entire diamond industry produced fewer than twelve Fancy Vivid Yellows above 5 carats that were both clean and saturated enough to keep the full Vivid grade after fashioning. This 8.41 ct radiant should not be one of them. The rough was a 38 ct Type IIa crystal from our DTC Botswana allocation…
In 2024, the entire diamond industry produced fewer than twelve Fancy Vivid Yellows above 5 carats that were both clean and saturated enough to keep the full Vivid grade after fashioning. This 8.41 ct radiant should not be one of them. The rough was a 38 ct Type IIa crystal from our DTC Botswana allocation…
The modern brilliant cut was designed for one thing: maximum sparkle under electric light. The Old-Mine Portuguese cut was designed for candlelight, firelight, and daylight – and it has never been surpassed. In 2024–2025 we are witnessing the fastest appreciation of any diamond category in the past twenty years: hand-cut, pre-1950s Portuguese and old-mine fancies….
Every stone pictured above is currently uncommitted. Every stone pictured above will never appear on any website, auction, or Instagram post. Every stone pictured above can still move in complete silence before 31 December 2025. Total weight: 133.29 carats Total current private valuation: USD $42.8 million Total public trace after transfer: zero This is the…
For the past thirty years, the colored-diamond market has been a one-way street: up. What almost no one outside the trade has noticed is that the street is now closing behind us. Argyle is gone. The few remaining Canadian and African fancy-color streams have been swallowed by luxury conglomerates who now feed their own retail…
For years the trade treated Type IIa the same as any other high-color white stone. That changed forever in 2024. Internal sight-holder data (never published) shows the following for D-flawless / IF Type IIa stones above 10 carats originating from Botswana Orapa & Jwaneng: That is not a bubble. That is the permanent disappearance of…
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