Why Every Major Auction House Is Quietly Calling Us for Type IIa Above 30 ct (And Why We Will Never Give It to Them)

Why Every Major Auction House Is Quietly Calling Us for Type IIa Above 30 ct (And Why We Will Never Give It to Them)

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…

The Silent Crisis in Fancy-Color Diamonds: Why 2025 Will Be the Last Year You Can Still Buy Them Quietly
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The Silent Crisis in Fancy-Color Diamonds: Why 2025 Will Be the Last Year You Can Still Buy Them Quietly

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…

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