Tag: disclosure

Selling fancy coloured diamonds

The diamond market is sluggish and prices are falling, yet fancy coloured diamonds are among the hottest gems on the market today. They are continually setting auction records, often in the tens of millions of dollars. Fancy coloured diamonds come…

Conquering the fear of gemstone disclosures

Technology has forever changed the jewellery business. There are new gemstone treatments entering the market every day, many of them virtually impossible to detect without expensive laboratory tools. Some of the treatments are stable and will last forever, others require…

My Prediction for the Jewellery and Gem Industry 2013

Jewellery goes back thousands of years and people will always adorn themselves. While there will always be a market for true collection goods at the very high end, I think we will see a large shift away from consumer “fine”…