Rapaport Releases Upgraded Auction Report

RAPAPORT PRESS RELEASE, March 8, 2018, New York... Rapaport has released its newly redesigned report on themajor jewelry auction sales, providing detailed information on selling pricesin a clearer, more user-friendly format.Magnificent Jewels Auction Results presents comprehensivedata on sales of diamonds and colored gemstones at Christie's and Sotheby'sflagship auctions in New York, Geneva and Hong Kong. The new edition of the report organizes information in amore logical and accessible way. It presents lots by size category, making iteasier for members of the jewelry trade to find the precise data they need onselling prices. It also illustrates top-selling lots with images, giving usersa sense of the design styles that were in demand. "Auction results are an important resource in understandingthe state of the large-diamond and gemstone market," said John Costello, publisherat Rapaport. "The redesigned Magnificent Jewels Auction Results report,including insightful commentary on the Fall 2017 Christie's and Sotheby'sauctions and better-organized pricing data, is a valuable tool for anyonebuying and selling large, exceptional stones." Three distinct sections deal respectively with whitediamonds, colored diamonds and colored gemstones. The report states eachstone's characteristics - cut, carat weight, color and clarity - plus theselling price per carat. For white diamonds, it also includes the percentagediscount off the Rapaport Price List. The first edition, covering the Fall 2017 season ofMagnificent Jewels auctions, is now available for purchase at store.rapaport.comfor $250.