(IDEX Online) - China has ended concessions on diamond imports and is now charging 13 per cent VAT. The move applies specifically to diamonds - both natural and lab grown - traded through the Shanghai ...

(IDEX Online) - The Glowing Rose, a 10.08-carat vivid pink diamond that was expected to sell for around $20m was pulled from Sotheby's High Jewelry Sale in Geneva last week. It was withdrawn prior to ...

(IDEX Online) - A diamond brooch, seized from Napoleon Bonaparte as he was defeated by the Prussian army in 1815, sold for $4.4m at Sotheby's Geneva - more than 17 times its pre-sale high estimate.

(IDEX Online) - The riddle of the iconic Florentine Diamond, which was missing for over a century, has finally been solved. The 137.27-carat pale yellow gem, set in a brooch, was, it turns out, safely ...

(IDEX Online) - Rio Tinto has reported "strong results" from its third and final Beyond Rare tender, though it declined to say how strong. It featured polished fancy color diamonds from the famed ...

(IDEX Online) - The jewelry designer who created Taylor Swift's engagement ring will make her auction debut at Sotheby's next week. Kindred Lubeck was catapulted to fame in August when it was revealed ...