[Pearl Jewelry : Pearl Necklace] 4/29/2018 06:27:00 PM

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Imports of polished diamonds in the United States in September 2013 rose by 12.7% on a year-on-year basis to $ 1.659 billion, while the average value of imported stones jumped by 28.8% to $ 1,661 per carat, Rapaport reports.
American polished exports for the month increased by 1.5% to $ 1.452 billion, so the net imports of polished stones reached $ 206 million, an increase from $ 42 million in September 2012.
Import of rough diamonds fell by 2.9% to $ 34 million, while exports remained virtually unchanged at $ 17 million. The net import of rough diamonds in the US was $ 17 million, compared to $ 18 million in the same period a year earlier.
The net US diamond account in September (the difference between net imports and exports) jumped by 271.7% on a year-on-year basis to $ 223 million.
In October, polished diamonds worth $ 2.221 billion were imported into the US, up 54.1% from October. The average cost of imported diamonds in October increased by 6.4% to $ 1,741 per carat.
Exports of polished diamonds from the United States in October 2013 increased by 35.4% to $ 1.517 billion, thus, net imports amounted to $ 705 million, up 119.6% from the corresponding figure registered in October 2012.
US imports of rough diamonds for October increased by 22.2% to $ 33 million, while exports jumped 65% to $ 33 million, leaving net imports zero, while the year before, net imports were estimated at $ 7 million. The US
clean diamond account in October grew by 114.9% to $ 705 million.

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One of the world's largest auction houses specializing in art and antiques - Bonhams - recently sold an exclusive diamond type IIa, priced at $ 2,629,000 in jewelry trades, reports the portal Diamond World.
It is reported that this precious stone, the pre-auction estimate of which was $ 2.63 million, went under the hammer for $ 8.2 million. The unedged diamond weighs 17.82 carats and has a diamond cut from a pear-shaped diamond.
Hundreds of people representing almost two dozen countries took part in the auction. Among the leading lots in the jewelry auction is a ring with a fantasy bright blue pear-shaped cut diamond weighing 1.12 carats, sold for $ 365,000, that is, three times higher than the pre-auction estimate, a ring with a fancy yellow diamond weighing 7.09 carats, gone under the hammer for $ 185 000, a 2.01 carat brown-pink diamond ring, sold for $ 155,000 - twice the original price, and a ring with a light yellow diamond weighing 7.79 carats, sold for $ 118,750.