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Rare Investment Report - For many months Rare Investment has been recommending Silvermist (Gray) diamonds as an investment poised for great appreciation. Rare Investment predicted right! We just received a report showing that a 10.67 carat Silvermist (Gray) diamond estimated at $120,000-200,000...

The notorious platinum and diamond skull created by controversial British artist Damien Hirst is to go on show at London's famous Tate Museum next year, in the first survey show devoted to the artist in the UK. The work, For the Love of God, has recently attracted big audiences at museums in...

DiamondNews The World’s rarest diamonds are coloured and these rare coloured gemstones are on par in rarity if not rated to a higher scale, when compared with the most nebulous and obscure diamonds of the world. It is not easy to find a large sized coloured diamond, in fact only one ...

  

The 110.3-carat Sun-Drop diamond, a pear-shaped yellow discovered in South Africa, sold for a record $12.4 million at auction on Tuesday at a Sotheby’s auction in Geneva. Sotheby’s had given the diamond a presale estimate of $11 million to $15 million. “It’s a ...

An online sale of tickets for a New York City preview exhibition of Elizabeth Taylor's jewellery and other possessions has opened with tickets costing $30 per person. The 10-day exhibition will open December 3 at Christie's New York auction galleries, 10 days before the sale of the items by ...

Rare Investment Report - It is no secret that tight supply and growing demand, especially in emerging countries, is increasing the prices of diamonds throughout the industry, making supply and demand difficult to accommodate. Major diamond collectors and diamond dealer’s agree, it’s ...

Examiner.com New York: An exceptionally rare 33.03 carat Golconda diamond ring and a 22.7-carat "fancy intense pink diamond ring" will lead Sotheby New York's December 2011 Sale of Magnificent Jewels, the auction house has announced. The “Light of Golconda” ring, ...

  

Rio Tinto Diamonds closed its Argyle pink diamond tender this past week, reporting strong Asian demand and continued price appreciation for the rare gems. The collection of 55 stones mined at the Argyle mine in Australia were cut and polished in-house by Rio Tinto’s polishers in Western ...