Price hike a Hype?

[DiamondExpert]

Guess we should all be buying before Rap Van Winkle wakes up!

 

[pricescope]

January ''05: inching up

 

[aljdewey]

Hey, I just noticed on these.......what about stones from 1.50 - 1.99???? They aren''t reflected anywhere.

 

[pricescope]

Date: 2/3/2005 1

7:17 PM
Author: aljdewey
Hey, I just noticed on these.......what about stones from 1.50 - 1.99???? They aren''t reflected anywhere.

I didn''t run the stats for 1.50-1.99ct.

 

[aljdewey]

Is there a reason they cannot be run/included? It just seems to me that several folks are looking in the 1.5-2.0 range, and that would really meaningful info to give.

 

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

Rap has a lot of price rises above 2ct this month

 

[pricescope]

Yes, Garry. Here is an update for March 3, ''05

 

[Rank Amateur]

Wow. A 33% increase in a year for 3ct+. I wonder how long it can continue.

It is also interesting that the under 1.5s haven''t moved much at all.

 

[pricescope]

Date: 3/5/2005 7:37:43 AM
Author: Rank Amateur
Wow. A 33% increase in a year for 3ct+. I wonder how long it can continue.

Obviously, it''s not over yet... April 2005 update

 

[hoorray]

There seems to still be inventory for 2 - 2.25ctw, but almost nothing at 2.25-3. Do your numbers show a difference in the increase between 2 ctw and 2.25 or 2.5+ctw? I''m curious about the lack of inventory above 2.25+. Is that why the 3+ is going to much higher -- no inventory? Would 2.25+ or 2.5+ be more dramatic without the 2ctw stones, which still seem to be available?

 

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

I have noticed that too Lop - even directly from large manufacturers!

 

[pricescope]

I posted this distribution of availability vs carat in another thread.

No, I haven''t done corrections for carat sizes like 1.25ct or 2.25ct or 2.75ct. Obviously, such sizes are much more difficult to find and they can cost more per carat than, say, 1.0 or 2.0 correspondingly.

The problem with doing separate stats for such sizes is low number of listings and, therefore, higher statistical error.

 

[Rank Amateur]

Those spikes are really interesting to me. The "magic" carat numbers had no bearing on the diamond I choose but I sure must be in the minority!

 

[pricescope]

Update for May ''05

 

[pricescope]

Check out IDEX - diamond indexes and drivers: http://www.idexonline.com/Diamond_Index_Drivers.asp

Read here how it works

Round, 4/4 (1.00-1.49), D-K, IF-I1
Round, 2.00 (2.00-2.49), D-K, IF-SI3
Round, 1.50 (1.50-1.99), D-K, IF-SI2
Princess, 4/4 (1.00-1.49), D-I, VVS1-SI2
Round, 3.00 (3.00-3.49), D-J, IF-SI2
Round, 3/4 (0.70-0.89), D-H, VVS2-SI2
Round, 1/2+ (0.50-0.69), D-G, VVS2-SI1
Princess, 2.00 (2.00-2.49), E-I, VVS2-SI1
Princess, 1.50 (1.50-1.99), E-I, VVS2-SI2
Round, 0.90 (0.90-0.99), D-H, VS1-SI2
Emerald, 4/4 (1.00-1.49), E-G, VVS2-SI1
Round, 5.00 (5.00-5.99), D-J, IF-SI2
Emerald, 5.00 (5.00-5.99), D-J, IF-VS1
Radiant, 4/4 (1.00-1.49), E-G, VS1-VS2
Round, 4.00 (4.00-4.99), D-I, IF-SI1

 

[WinkHPD]

Leonid,

Thank you for posting the location of this thread this morning. It is an interesting reread, especially since there were some substantial price increases in the larger stones this past few months...

Wink

 

[pricescope]

End of 2005 update. Details in this thread

 

[pricescope]

January 2006 update. More here

 

[pricescope]

April 2006 update

 

[psadmin]

Here is my updated version:

This is D-I colour and VVS2-SI2 10-28-2008.

 

[psadmin]

Same chart just legends updated for clarity.

 

[psadmin]

December 2008 Update

 

[psadmin]

New Years 2009 Update

 

[psadmin]

1/28/2009 update

 

[psadmin]

Update for 3/2009. Looks like a little drop.

 

[psadmin]

4/2009 update -- Another small drop

 

[JoeNewbie11]

Thanks for the update!

 

[psadmin]

Update 5/2009

 

[psadmin]

The Diamond Price chart now has its own page. 

It is located here https://www.pricescope.com/wiki/diamond-prices/diamond_price_chart/

It will be updated on a montly time frame.

EDIT: updated with the correct link for the new site.

 

[LovesKatie]

I''m not completely colorblind, but I can''t distinguish the colors in the chart or in the key, other than the blue and black. I''m sure that many others can, but I also assume that I''m not the only one who can''t. Would it be possible to choose different colors and/or line styles to make it easier to read the chart?

Thank you very much for the useful information!

Loveskatie