Pastor-Geneve Investment Grade Coloured Diamonds

July 2009

As the global economies continue to show signs of stabilization, rare colored diamond buyers around the world continue to consider the consequences of monetary policy and inflationary pressures that could potentially mount in the future.  With several diamond dealers and hard asset firms recognizing the potential of the market, the number of new dealers in rare colored diamonds should continue to increase demand over the medium to long term as new buyers are introduced to the market and supply continues to decline.

Pastor Geneve witnessed noted two small auctions in June showed solid results for colored diamonds, on the back end of a very strong auction season in New York, Geneva and Hong Kong in the spring. 

The market continues to shift towards the Asian economies, as rare colored diamonds continue to penetrate new locations of wealth.  With the Argyle tender of 2009 only offering 43 stones, as opposed to 65 stones last year, the strain of supply in Australia is beginning to show.  Bidding is expected to be strong, as the Argyle pink diamond tour will spend more time in Asia.

Pastor Geneve is proud to offer for sale a rare pear shaped violet gray diamond as well as a beautiful pink diamond.  These pieces were acquired from a collector with very good tastes and has given Pastor Geneve the opportunity to work with two very special pieces.

Pastor-Geneve is please to announce the sale of a very important 1-carat Argyle tender stone from the 2008 Argyle tender.  Last year Pastor-Geneve was able to sell three stones from the Argyle tender, including a rare 1 carat Vivid Pink stone, the largest vivid stone at the Argyle tender of 2007.

Pastor-Geneve has been working closely with Argyle pink diamonds since the late 20^th century and has seen this segment of the market gradually and steadily rise in demand, recognition and price.

As supply at the Argyle mine continues to decline before they close the mine in the next decade, prices of these rare diamonds are expected to dramatically increase over the long-term.