TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - Over the last
decade, the market for fancy colored diamonds has shown consistent
growth, predicated in part on growing rates of return on investing
in colored diamonds and increasing demand for colored diamonds.
Highlighting the continued demand for fancy colored diamonds,
Paragon International Wealth Management, a leading firm in the
investment and management of colored diamonds, noted the number of
colored diamond auctions last year that yielded record-breaking
bids.
In April last year, the famed Pink Star diamond, a 59.60-carat
fancy vivid pink diamond mined by De Beers in South Africa in 1999, shined when it was
successfully auctioned for $71.2
million at a Sotheby's Hong
Kong auction. Purchased by Chow Tai Fook, a Hong-Kong-based jewelry retailer, the auction
of the Pink Star also happened to be highest price ever paid for a
jewel.
Later in the year, in May, a pair of earrings containing fancy
colored diamonds, one blue and one pink, sold for more than
$57.4 million at a Sotheby's auction
in Geneva. The 14.54-carat,
internally flawless fancy vivid blue diamond Artemis Blue, the
largest of its type ever to be offered at auction, sold for more
than $42.1 million. While the Artemis
Pink, a 16-carat, fancy vivid pink diamond, sold for more than
$15.3 million.
In mid-October 2017, the Argyle
Everglow, an extremely rare 2.11-carat fancy red diamond, was shown
by Rio Tinto at its exclusive Argyle Diamond Tender. Rio Tinto does
not report on the amount of winning bids, but one gem expert,
quoted in an article on CNN, stated that he believed the Argyle
Everglow could fetch $10 million or
more.
A month later, at Bonhams Fine Jewelry sale in London, a pear-shaped, fancy intense blue
diamond, 4.03 carats in weight, sold for $3.6 million. Bonhams had estimated that the
jewel would sell for between $1.5 to
$1.9 million.
Paragon International Wealth Management notes that robust
auction interest in 2017 reinforces the fact that fancy colored
diamonds remain in high demand, with the firm anticipating
continued strong interest in 2018.
ABOUT PARAGON INTERNATIONAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Based in Toronto, Canada,
Paragon International Wealth Management is a colored diamond
investment advisory firm with over 75 years of combined experience
in the diamond and investment services industries. Paragon's
mission is to provide clients with expert, experienced-back
guidance in building hard asset investment portfolios.
SOURCE Paragon International Wealth Management Inc.