We Buy — Diamonds
Sell loose or mounted diamonds to a Dubai trading house established in 1983. GIA, IGI and HRD certified stones from 0.30ct to 30ct+, valued against live international benchmarks. Same-day settlement.
Most people sell a diamond exactly once, and almost always to the wrong counterparty. A jeweller who sells at retail cannot pay near it — their offer has to absorb a showroom, a commission and years of held stock. The number you are given says more about the buyer’s business model than about your stone.
We are a trading house. We buy because we already have a buyer: a broker in Antwerp with a client waiting on a five-carat cushion, a house in Hong Kong short of D-flawless rounds. That demand is what sets the price we can pay.
Key facts
Specifically
If your piece is not listed here, it does not mean we are not interested — it means it is unusual enough to warrant a conversation.
GIA, IGI, HRD Antwerp and AGS reports from 0.30ct upward. Every shape — round brilliant, oval, emerald, cushion, pear, radiant, marquise, princess, asscher and heart — across the full D-to-Z colour range and FL to I3 clarity.
Old-mine, old-European and transitional cuts, and modern stones sold without paperwork. We grade in-house and can arrange laboratory certification where the uplift justifies the cost and the wait.
Yellow, pink, blue, green, orange and grey, from Fancy Light through Fancy Vivid. Colour origin and saturation drive value far more than carat weight here, so these are always assessed individually.
Solitaires, trilogies, halos and tennis pieces. We value the stone and the mount separately so you can see exactly where the money is, and we never require you to break a piece up.
Goods from 0.005ct to 0.29ct, sorted by sieve size, colour and clarity. Priced per carat by parcel, with same-week settlement on volume.
We buy CVD and HPHT goods, priced transparently against the lab-grown market — which moves independently of, and far more sharply than, the natural market. We will never quote you a natural price for a lab-grown stone, or the reverse.
What moves the price
We show our working on every offer. These are the factors we weigh, in roughly the order they matter — so you can see where the money is before you hear the figure.
A current GIA report is the single largest driver of liquidity. Laboratory grading standards have tightened over the decades, so a report issued in the 1990s may grade differently today — occasionally in your favour.
Two stones with identical colour and clarity can differ by 25% in value on cut alone. Triple-excellent round brilliants with no fluorescence trade at a premium because they are the most liquid goods in the market.
Prices step, not slide. A 1.00ct stone is worth materially more per carat than a 0.99ct, and the same thresholds recur at 1.50, 2.00, 3.00 and 5.00 carats. Where a stone sits relative to a threshold matters.
Strong blue fluorescence can discount a high-colour stone by 10–15%, while having almost no effect — and occasionally a positive one — on lower colour grades. Milkiness or a hazy appearance is penalised regardless of the paper.
Shape fashions move. Ovals and elongated cushions have been in strong demand; princess cuts have softened. We price against what is selling this month, not a static list.
Original reports, boxes, receipts and — for signed pieces — the maker’s certificate all add real, quantifiable value. Bring everything you have.
Questions
A well-cut, GIA-certified diamond in current demand typically realises between 40% and 70% of its original retail price when sold to a trading house, and occasionally more for rare goods such as high-colour stones above three carats or fancy vivid colours. The spread is wide because retail markups vary enormously: a stone bought from a luxury boutique carries a much larger premium to unwind than the same stone bought from a wholesaler. We assess the diamond itself — certificate, cut quality, transparency and current demand for its shape and size — rather than applying a fixed percentage to what you originally paid.
No. We buy uncertified stones every week and grade them in-house against GIA standards. Certification does, however, increase liquidity and therefore price, particularly above one carat. If your stone is uncertified and large or high-quality enough that a report would materially raise the offer, we will say so and can arrange GIA submission on your behalf — typically two to four weeks. For smaller stones the certification cost usually exceeds the uplift, and we will tell you that rather than sell you a service you do not need.
Yes. We value the stone and the mount separately and show you both figures. If the setting is by a recognised house — Cartier, Tiffany, Van Cleef & Arpels, Graff, Harry Winston — the piece is very often worth more intact than as parts, and we will price it that way. We never require a client to break up a piece in order to sell it.
In Dubai, an appointment usually concludes with a firm offer the same day, and funds are wired within hours of acceptance. Internationally, we provide an indicative range within 24 to 48 hours of receiving your certificate and photographs, then confirm on physical inspection — either through the broker nearest you or via insured, fully tracked shipping that we arrange and pay for.
Yes, and it carries no obligation. We make our living on the stones we successfully trade, not on assessment fees. You are welcome to take our figure to another buyer; many clients do, and a good number return.
Enquire
A photograph and a report number are enough to begin. We reply within one working day with an indicative range and the benchmark behind it.
Everything you send is read by a principal in Dubai and goes no further.
