Fancy Color Newcomers

By The FCRF Team | 04.09.15

Fancy Color Newcomers

In recent years, the fancy color community witnessed a shift that altered every part of its territory and slowly became familiar to the entire industry: the migration of white diamond companies’ capital toward fancy color diamonds. Newcomers to this segment disrupted the balance of power, a sector that was dominated by veteran fancy color hegemony for decades.

The impact of this market shift is felt on several fronts: purchasing polished goods, bidding on rough in tenders and finally, pricing.

Purchasing Polished Goods

The market shifted a critical mass of wholesalers from white diamonds to fancy color approximately 3-5 years ago. A shortage of high quality fancy color diamonds at the wholesale level has occurred, due to the increase of players in this segment.

+

You reached your free article limit. Click here to join the FCRF and enjoy all our articles and innovative tools & services.

Read This One Article For Free

People who read this article, also read:

Auction Analysis

Pre-Auction Analysis: March 8th, 2023, Sotheby’s NY

Pre-Auction Analysis: March 8th, 2023, Sotheby’s New York, Important Jewels Our Sotheby’s New York Pre-Auction Analysis focuses on elements that are not always visible to the untrained eye. We discuss characteristics such as Inner-Grade, Color Dispersion, and Undertone – collectively termed IDU. Professionals use the IDU method intuitively when analyzing a Fancy Color Diamond. The […]

Auction Analysis

Pre-Auction Analysis: February 3, 2023, Sotheby’s HK

Pre-Auction Analysis: February 3, 2023, Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Important Jewels Our Sotheby’s Important Jewels Pre-Auction Analysis focuses on elements that are not always visible to the untrained eye. We discuss characteristics such as Inner-Grade, Color Dispersion, and Undertone – collectively termed IDU. Professionals use the IDU method intuitively when analyzing a Fancy Color Diamond. […]

Auction Analysis

Pre-Auction Analysis: December 7th, 2022, Sotheby’s NY

Pre-Auction Analysis: December 7th, 2022, Sotheby’s New York, Magnificent Jewels Our Sotheby’s New York Pre-Auction Analysis focuses on elements that are not always visible to the untrained eye. We discuss characteristics such as Inner-Grade, Color Dispersion, and Undertone – collectively termed IDU. Professionals use the IDU method intuitively when analyzing a Fancy Color Diamond. The […]

x close

To continue reading this article

Or

Shopping Cart

You cart is empty

The FCRF App is now available for

Download Button

Continue To Website