PAGE TWO

GIA Report

WCM334 - $39,500
1.53 Carats
Cushion Brilliant Cut
VIVID "Canary" Yellow
SI1

SOLD

Seldom does one find a fancy colored diamond with a cut that parallels that of a colorless diamond, facet for facet.  This exceptionally saturated VIVID YELLOW diamond, known in the trade as a true "Canary Yellow", has the distinction of being so saturated in body color that the cutter did not have to modify the classic Cushion cut by one degree or facet.  This is highly unusual in the world of colored diamonds since most of the colored roughs require the utmost skill of the cutter to maximize overall color presentation through the table-view.  A Stephen C. Hofer Colored Diamond Report is available with this diamond, an analysis that further supports the utmost rarity of the color level and cut in this outstanding Canary diamond.  At less than $30,000 per carat, this one-of-a-kind diamond is very aggressively priced, a superb addition to any investor's or collector's portfolio.  One seldom sees this level of color in a Yellow diamond.

GIA Report

WCM344 - $19,900
0.33 Carat
Pear Brilliant Cut
Fancy BLUE-GREEN
SI2

SOLD

An extremely rare color combination.  When you ever see Blue and Green as the predominant colors in a diamond, it is usually a hint of one or the other, such as Bluish Green or Greenish Blue.  To see Green as the overriding color with Blue as the secondary color, is notably rare in itself.  This "Aquamarine" diamond is virtually the color of the Pacific Ocean, and worthy of inclusion in the most discriminating of colored diamond collections.  Pure Green is actually more rare than Pure Blue in my experience and that of many expert gemologists that I deal with.  So to have a well-made diamond that is roughly 70% Green and 30% Blue as the GIA color designation suggests, it a rare find indeed.  Don't get caught up in the trap of insisting on all of your colored diamonds being 1/2 carat or larger, because in doing so you will pass up some of the most rare and spectacular colored diamonds that Mother Nature ever created.  My personal collection has many colored diamond below 50 points.  It is all about COLOR, COLOR, COLOR.

GIA Report

WCM353 - $19,500.00
2.06 Carats
Radiant Brilliant Cut
INTENSE Yellow
VS1, very clean

SOLD

A rather LARGE "Canary" Yellow diamond of Intense color saturation with very clean, VS1-Clarity.  This rare colored diamond would make a spectacular piece of custom "Tiffany-style" jewelry.  Don't come across that many 2-carat Plus richly-colored Yellow diamond these days, especially gems with stellar technical specs on the finished gem.  The diamond fluoresces a Strong Blue glow when exposed to Ultra-Violet light (UV), a very typical phenomenon for certain crystalline structures of Yellow diamonds referred to by "Type".  Professionally, I think this large Intense Yellow diamond is a steal at less than $9,500 per carat for such a strong colored and well-made diamond in today's very strong colored diamond market, BUT YOU BE THE JUDGE.

GIA Report

WCM371 - $19,650.00
0.50 Carat
Radiant Brilliant Cut
INTENSE Purplish PINK, Argyle laser-inscribed
I1, minute crystal

 
SOLD

It is certainly not every Pink diamond that has provenance as to its source of origin.  This well-saturated INTENSE PINK diamond actually has a laser inscription on the girdle that identifies the gem as an Argyle Mine Pink.  Adds value to an already low priced Pink that may be Included in clarity, but just barely so and not in such a manner that distracts one's attention from the Raspberry Pink hues emitted by the diamond through the Table View.  At less than $40,000 per carat for an Intense Pink, this is a bargain for someone savvy enough to snap it up.  I have several I1, I2 diamonds in my own collection and don't think twice about it anymore; it is all about color in these natural rarities and little else.  Well made in the very popular Radiant cut, and One-Half Carat is a new price level for colored diamonds, some 20% to 30% more than less-than- 1/2 carat diamonds.  That premium is not reflected in the pricing of this Intense Purplish Pink diamond.  Any orange facet flashes are the result of natural sunlight being used to illuminate the gem by the photographer.  Purplish hues are nicely blended within the rich Pink fields.

 

GIA Report

WCM373 - $9,600.00
0.27 Total Carat Weight
PAIR - ROUND Brilliant Cuts
Fancy VIOLET-Grays, matched
SI2, eye-clean

 
SOLD

Top drawer material for a pair of Tiffany's class stud earrings, especially with Valentine's Day, an anniversary, or a birthday coming up.  Violet is just below Red on the rarity scale for natural colored diamond, truly the second most rare color found on Earth, and while GIA graded one of the diamonds a Fancy Gray Violet, it is quite clear from the image above that these two diamonds are identical in overall coloration.  Violet is the secondary color were these gems to be measured via colorimeter, but there is an abundance of this extremely rare color, pushing the 30% contribution more to 40% for the pair.  There are some Bluish and Purplish hues also to the trained eye.  Even if no jewelry piece was crafted with these exquisite gems, an investor or collector would have acquired 13 point and 14 point rarities that seldom cross the trader's table.  Make a statement this year and for a very modest sum, buy the second most rare color in fancy colored diamonds.

 

GIA Report

WCM374 - $16,250.00
1.24 Carat
Radiant Brilliant Cut
Fancy Brown PINK
SI1, totally eye-clean

 
SOLD

Once again, the photographer has imaged this rare diamond with a sunlit background, causing the yellow light of natural sunlight to reflect within this Brown Pink diamond. There is no yellow or orange within this diamond, this is merely the play of natural lighting coming through the pavilion facets to the table.  There is, however, a predominance of PINK color within the crystalline structure and secondarily brown to give the Fancy color level more depth and apparent overall color saturation.  A singularly well-made colored diamond from a Master Cutter's wheel with Very Good Polish and Very Good Symmetry.  It is interesting that this Pink diamond would fluoresce a Medium Blue hue upon excitation with ultra-violet light, definitely something one would expect with a true Pink diamond.  I have told clients to buy nice Brownish Pink or Brown Pink diamonds when they have the chance.  The Argyle Mine is already closed, and the total population of Pink diamonds in the world, Orangey Pink, Purplish Pink, Pure Pink, and Brown/Brownish Pink is going to shrink as investors flee other assets in droves.  Expect virtually no new supply of Pink diamonds for many, many years to come, if ever.