A Napoleon Bonaparte diamond brooch, captured after his defeat by the Prussians in 1815, sold at Sotheby's in Geneva for $4.4 million, nearly 18 times its high estimate of $250,000.
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Lucara Diamond has reported robust operational and financial results for the third quarter (Q3) of 2025, highlighted by the recovery of its ninth diamond larger than 1,000 carats from the Karowe Mine in Botswana.
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The collection of over 300 colored diamonds belonging to the "king of colored diamonds," Eddy Elzas, was auctioned at Christie's in Geneva for just above its low estimate.
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After two quarters of gentle price declines, the latest data from the Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) for Q3 2025 shows the market has hit stability.
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Parisian jewellery house Cartier has opened its high jewellery exhibition "En Équilibre" in Beijing. It marks the collection's debut in China following its debut in Stockholm.
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By George Charles Darley
(aljazeera.com) - For decades, men in many countries were expected to spend two or even three months’ salary on a diamond engagement ring. This notion – and the iconic status of this gem – did not come about by accident.
The story goes back to 1870, when an Oxford University dropout named Cecil Rhodes set off to try his luck in the Cape Colony – modern-day South Africa, then a key British domain.
