Yellow diamonds pricing - newbie question!

[Stephan]

What is the average price difference (in %) between ''Very Light Yellow'' (N-R) and ''Light Yellow'' (S-Z) colored diamonds?
Is ''Light Yellow'' much cheaper than ''Very Light Yellow''?
Thank you!

 

[DiamondFlame]

Interesting question. I always thought the deeper or more intense the color, the greater the price per carat.
I think David from RDC might be able to shed some light on this subject since he''s done a lot of deals in fancy coloreds...

 

[JDL]

I am by no means an expert, but you are also going to see a price point break between a "white diamond" with a yellow hue (i.e. sub-Z+) versus diamond that are actually classified as fancy colored diamonds (i.e Fancy Light Yellow, Fancy Yellow, Fancy Intense and Fancy Vivid, etc...).

 

[Rockdiamond]

Hi all! Dmitri, thank you for thinking of us!

Stephan, in general, faint yellow and light yellow diamonds are among the least costly colors in diamonds. There''s little differnce on price between an M color and a S-T ( if any)
In your question you''ve grouped together some grades- such as S-Z. There are differences in the price between a Y-Z and an S-T, but the percentage of difference is relatively small.

Let''s use one carat hypothetical stones as an example.
A "D" is $6000
A "J" is $3000
An "M" is $2000
An S-T is $2000
A Y-Z is $2400
A Fancy Light Yellow is $3500 using this hypothetical table- that''s where you''ll see the largest difference for one grade.
Even if it''s not true that there''s some concrete difference between a Y-Z and a Fancy Light Yellow ( there''s not) the market places a high value on the "F" word ( Fancy)

 

[Stephan]

Hi David,
That''s some great information.
Thank you!

 

[Stephan]

Wink has just posted this one.
It''s gorgeous!

 

[4ever]

This may be a stupid question, but if you''re paying the extra$$ for a "fancy" light yellow, is there any difference between a S coloured light yellow diamond and a Fancy S coloured light yellow diamond? Or can they just fling the word fancy on to charge extra?

 

[Stephan]

Date: 5/9/2009 11:18:33 PM
Author: 4ever
This may be a stupid question, but if you''re paying the extra$$ for a ''fancy'' light yellow, is there any difference between a S coloured light yellow diamond and a Fancy S coloured light yellow diamond? Or can they just fling the word fancy on to charge extra?

Fancy begins after Z, so there is no fancy S.
I''m fancy S(tephan).