The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

The New York-based designer’s Then & Now collection fuses gemstones with relics of the past to redefine how people adorn their bodies. Rebecca Rau faces challenges that few other fine-jewelry ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Botswana government against increasing its stake in De Beers, citing the country’s economic woes and dependence on diamonds. The challenging ...

US retail sales continued to improve in November as the holiday shopping season got underway, and spending stayed in line with industry projections. Revenue from consumer shopping rose 0.6% compared ...

The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) is redesigning its colored-gemstone reports and expanding the country-of-origin information the lab offers. The institute already has origin-determination ...

The Rapaport Group is an international network of companies providing added-value services that support the development of ethical, transparent, competitive, and efficient diamond and jewelry markets.

Sotheby’s garnered $30.1 million from its most recent jewelry sale in New York as many of the pieces sold for well above their high estimates. The top lot of the December 9 High Jewelry sale was a ...

The November-December issue of Rapaport Magazine focuses on one of the fastest-growing segments of the market: vintage and antique jewelry.

A pink-diamond ring set a new record at Heritage Auctions last week when it sold for $2.2 million — the highest price the Texas-based auction house has ever achieved for a piece of jewelry. At the ...

A Graff diamond ring featuring a 13.11-carat diamond could fetch as much as $350,000 at Freeman’s upcoming sale in New York. The piece bears an oval brilliant-cut, H-color, VS1-clarity diamond between ...

Brown hues like champagne, cognac and chocolate have gone from imperfections to strong selling points thanks to creative branding and a growing love for irregular stones. With shades ranging from ...

When news broke on October 19 that the French crown jewels had been stolen from the Louvre, the internet erupted in disbelief, outrage and irony. Memes mocked politicians and museum officials, while ...