Question 1

WHY LOAN AGAINST YOUR DIAMONDS?

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Your diamond(s) can be the solution to your short term cashflow needs. Borrowing against your diamond(s) enables you to keep possession of them, preventing you from having to sell.

Question 2

CAN I SELL PRE-OWNED DIAMONDS?

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Yes. If you decide you don’t want to pawn your diamonds, we can provide you with a purchase offer. Get a quote with us online, in-store or by phone today.

Question 3

CAN I PAWN MY DIAMONDS ONLINE?

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CAN I PAWN MY DIAMONDS ONLINE?

Question 4

WHAT LUXURY ASSETS DO YOU OFFER LOANS AGAINST?

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We are a high-end pawnbroker specialising in offering fast loans against watches, jewellery, diamonds, gold, fine art, antiques, classic luxury cars, handbags, rare books, sports memorabilia and other luxury items.

Question 5

WHAT IS THE CARAT WEIGHT OF YOUR DIAMOND? AND THE 4CS?

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Diamond carat weight is the measurement of how much a diamond weighs. A metric “carat” is defined as 200 milligrams. Each carat can be subdivided into 100 ‘points’. This allows very precise measurements to the hundredth decimal place. Sometimes when describing the weight of a diamond that is below one carat, it is often referred to by ‘points’ alone. It can also be referred to as a fraction. For instance, a diamond that weighs 0.25 carats is often described as a twenty-five pointer or as ¼ carat. Diamonds weighing greater than one carat are usually expressed as whole numbers decimals shown to two decimal places. All else being equal, diamond price increases with diamond carat weight because larger diamonds are rarer and more desirable. But two diamonds of equal carat weight can have very different values (and prices) depending on three other factors of the diamond 4Cs. It’s important to remember that a diamond’s value is determined using all of the 4Cs, not just carat weight.

Question 6

WHAT IS THE CUT OF MY DIAMOND?

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Diamonds are renowned for their ability to transmit light sparkle intensely. We often think of a diamond’s cut as shape (round, emerald, pear), but a diamond’s cut grade is really about how well a diamond’s facets interact with light. Precise artistry and workmanship are required to fashion a stone, so its proportions, symmetry, and polish deliver the magnificent return of light only possible in a diamond. A diamond’s cut is crucial to the stone’s final beauty value. And of all the diamond 4Cs, it is the most complex and technically difficult to analyse. To determine the cut grade of the standard round brilliant diamond – the shape that dominates the majority of diamond jewellery –the laboratory carrying out the certificate calculates the proportions of those facets that influence the diamond’s face-up appearance. These proportions allow the assessor to evaluate how successfully a diamond interacts with light and to create desirable visual effects such as: Brightness: Internal external white light reflected from a diamond Fire: The scattering of white light into all the colours of the rainbow Scintillation: The amount of sparkle a diamond produces, the pattern of light dark areas caused by reflections within the diamond The diamond’s cut grade also takes into account the design and craftsmanship of the diamond, including its weight relative to its diameter, its girdle thickness (which affects its durability), the symmetry of its facet arrangement, and the quality of polish on those facets.

Question 7

WHAT ARE THE FIVE CUT GRADES?

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Standard round brilliant diamonds in the D-to-Z diamond colour range contains 5 cut grades; Excellent Very good Good Fair Poor. The most popular cuts being Round brilliant cut diamond Princess cut diamond Marquise cut diamond Pear cut diamond Cushion cut diamond Emerald cut diamond Ascher cut diamond Radiant cut diamond Heart cut diamond.

Question 8

WHAT ARE THE BEST PRICES FOR GEMS AT AUCTION

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Jewels have always sparkled at auction – as pawnbrokers and jewellers based in the heart of London – we keep a keen eye on what’s happening and where. There has been an upward trend in the prices that jewellery can fetch at auction, so Suttons and Robertsons are delighted to showcase outstanding auction performances of recent years. Someone had a very Happy Christmas, back in 2011, with the purchase of La Peregrina, a natural pearl jewel with an impressive backstory. With a history that stretches back over 500 years, La Peregrina is a pear-shaped pearl that was first bought by Philip II of Spain in 1582, passed through the hands of eight Spanish kings over 200 years then fell into the hands of Joseph-Napoléon Bonaparte, King of Naples Sicily elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte. Bought by Richard Burton in 1969, for $37,000 at auction in New York, Burton gave La Peregrina to his then-wife, Elizabeth Taylor, as a 37th birthday present. Reset by Cartier as the centrepiece to a necklace, the piece was auctioned as part of Elizabeth Taylor’s collection. Little surprise, perhaps, that it fetched $11,842,500. Not only does the pearl glimmer as a sound investment, but it also helps to shine a light on the work worthy of the Cartier brand at auction. Small can also be beautiful, as demonstrated in 1987 with the sale of The Hancock Red – a tiny diamond, weighing only 0.95 carats, which was cherished for its colour: Fancy Purple-Red. Fancy diamonds are a rarity, with one in 100,000 diamond qualifying as a ‘Fancy’ colour. When it comes to red diamonds, these are so rare that you may never see one in a lifetime. A fifth of a gram, The Hancock Red was bought by Mr Hancock, a Montanan farmer, for $13,500 in 1956. In 1987, it fetched $88,000. La Peregrina Colour makes life more interesting when it comes to diamond jewellery. Rings also perform well, as they often auction as stand-alone items. In May 2016, the Oppenheimer Blue, became the most expensive jewel in auction history, selling at Christies in Geneva for CHF 56,837,000 ($57,973,000). The diamond took the name of its former owner, Sir Philip Oppenheimer, whose family had been a driving force in the diamond industry for generations. He could have any diamond he wanted and choose this one for its perfect hue, impeccable proportions rectangular shape. Classified as ‘Fancy Vivid Blue’ by the Gemological Institute of America, the highest colour grade colour intensity for blue diamonds, the Oppenheimer Blue is the largest Fancy Vivid Blue diamond to have ever appeared at auction. 2018 enjoyed continued auction records for jewellery, with jewellery sales for Christie’s Sotheby’s totalling over $906 million in auction sales. One of the highest-profile pieces to be sold at auction in 2018 was the “Winston Pink Legacy”. The pink 18.96-carat diamond ring set a world record for the per carat price of a pink diamond, fetching $50.3 million purchased by Harry Winston jewellery. 2018 saw the superb opportunity for collectors to bid for pieces from the personal collection of the last queen of France, Marie Antoinette. A natural pearl, as with La Peregrina, this once belonging to Marie Antoinette -and now attached to a diamond pendant- sold for $36.1 million. With a pre-auction high estimate of $2 million, this natural pearl fetched the second highest price achieved for a jewel at auction in 2018 when it set a new auction record for a natural pearl. The entire lot fetched $53.2 million included the royal jewels of the Bourbon-Parma family, Marie Antoinette’s diamond-set monogrammed ring and a lock of her hair. The jewels have been held privately out of the public eye for 200 years, with the auction noted as one of the most important royal jewellery auctions in history. Jim Tannahill, of London Jewellers, Suttons and Robertsons, said, “2018 was a year for high prices of single pieces with a clear trend for Fancy coloured diamonds gems, including Burmese rubies, Kashmir sapphires Colombian emeralds. We could see that dealers and collectors were selective in their purchases, with high spending on exceptional pieces, which demonstrates that jewellery can deliver at auction. As with catwalks and high street fashion, auction performance drips down to pawn broking and, as a high-end pawnbroker in London, we welcome the opportunity to see pieces that people may like to release the value from.”

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