Why invest in Fancy
Coloured Diamonds?
Rockefeller Plaza Brokers presents you with solid facts about the trends of
Fancy Coloured Diamonds in comparsion to other major assets classes.
Price Performance
The price per carat fancy color diamnods has
significantly increased over past 10 years.
A 3.58ct, Fancy Intense
pink diamond was sold for
$115,000 per carat
2007
A 3.58ct, Fancy Intense
pink diamond was sold for
$390,000 per carat
2011
A 3.58ct, Fancy Intense
Pink diamond was sold for
$625,000 per carat
The same 3.17 ct, Fancy Intense Blue diamond showed:
Auction House Record Prices
Over the past few years, fancy color diamonds have
broken more and more records at christie’s and
Sotheby’s auction houses, with regards to prices paid
The record for “Highest price per carat ever paid at auction”
was broken by fancy color diamonds 4 times in 2 years.
October 2007
6.04ct Fancy Vivid Blue
$1.32 MIllion
per carat
May 2008
6.04ct Fancy Vivid Blue
$1.33 MIllion
per carat
May 2009
6.04ct Fancy Vivid Blue
per carat
6.04ct Fancy Vivid Blue
$2.6 MIllion
per carat
The record for
“Highest price paid for any
diamond and jewel sold at
auction” was broken by
Fancy color diamonds
Twice Within 2 Years
November 2010
sold for
$46.1 Million
December 2008
sold for
$24.3 Million
Comparison trends
Fancy Color Diamonds demonstrate high returns in comparsion
to other major investment opportunities in the market
Argyle Pink Diamonds compared to colorless Diamonds
Argyle Diamonds
The Argyle Diamond Mine is renowed for its top quality Pink and
Red Diamonds. When comparing the goods at the exclusive Argyle
Pink diamond Tender over the past few years, we have sen a dramatic
decrease of quality in the stones which reflects the
increase in rarity of Argyle diamonds
2011’s tender included a 0.30ct diamond which
might be the smallest stone ever tendered.
The clarity of the stone displayed in the tender are
Progressively getting waker. By2011, for every VS2 diamond
tendered there were ten l1 stone - that is twice the amaunt of
2010 and five time the amount of 2001.
The Argyle Pink Diamond Tender has recently been presenting
a greater amount of diamonds with weaker intensities
