Market Trends: White Opal
e opal market is one area where the dollar slide has been more evident. The price of opal has been rising not only on demand issues but also as a result of eroding value of…
Market TrendsMarket Trends: Tanzanite
The lead story discusses the price volatility associated with tanzanite through the years. The following charts illustrate this for the years since 1993. All graphs represent average prices in each category, not the high or…
Market TrendsMarket Trends: Emeralds
The lead article goes into great detail regarding the fall and rise of emerald prices over the last decade plus. The graphic above illustrates this. Prices in the graph are for one carat emeralds with…
Market TrendsMarket Trends: Synthetic Diamonds
The synthetic diamond market continues to expand. Although dealers and manufacturers of natural diamonds express concerns that synthetics pose a risk to the market and as such should not be graded using the GIA diamond nomenclature, the reality…
Market TrendsMarket Trends: Origin Makes a Difference
While we are not strong believers in the origin issue, especially when origin overshadows quality, we do recognize that the market will set the price. If collectors desire origin and are willing to pay a…
Market TrendsMarket Trends: Ruby Availability and Value Based on Treatment
The lead article in this newsletter on Disclosing and Explaining Treatments has references to the availability pyramid shown below. Along with this chart is a theoretical value chart based on treatment. These charts illustrate the…
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