“Shot on smartphone” ads and sample photos/videos are often created with the help of expensive accessories that help achieve more than you can with just the phone — things like stabilizers and lenses. If you’d like to see what you can achieve without these add-ons, check out this 4K cinematic video by Matteo Bertoli. Bertoli took the iPhone X on … Read More →
The Fancy Color Diamond Index for the first quarter of 2017 indicated pricing stability across most fancy colour diamond categories. The main exception was blue fancy colour diamonds, which saw a 1.9 percent price increase in the first three months of 2017, continuing the trend of 2016. During the same time, yellow and pink fancy … Read More →
Global luxury auction house Phillips is offering exceptional fancy coloured diamonds and coloured gemstone jewellery at its Jewellery and Jadeite sale scheduled for November 28 in Hong Kong. The auction will encompass a “collection of very fine gemstones and exquisite jewellery, plus a selection of unique vintage pieces,” according to the company. The star lot … Read More →
The Fancy Color Research Foundation has released its data on second quarter fancy colored diamond prices, noting a slight overall price increase after a “relatively soft” first quarter. Fancy blue diamonds increased in price by 1.1 percent compared with Q2 last year and fancy pink diamond prices by 0.7 percent. Overall, fancy colored prices only … Read More →
The spring 2016 auction season achieved nearly US$800 million in sales between March and July, with fancy coloured diamonds and coloured gemstones top-billing the season’s offerings. A report by Russell Shor of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) showed that Christie’s and Sotheby’s, which control over 90 percent of top-end gem and jewellery sales worldwide, beat … Read More →
Fancy blue diamond prices increased by 1.7 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to data gathered by The Fancy Color Diamond Index. During the same period, fancy yellow diamonds saw price declines of 1.8 percent while fancy pink diamonds saw a 0.3 percent price increase. The Fancy Color Diamond Index is published … Read More →