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钻石系列第7号。钻石批发价格在过去的10年的变动（2001-2012）

目的：
研究中期到长期趋势方面对钻石批发价格，

1。钻石的大小
2。钻石的质量
3。钻石的大小和质量的结合
4。覆盖超过10年期间，从2000年1月至2012年

样本大小：0.30ct，0.50ct，1CT，2CT，3CT，5CT
样品的质量：D色内部无瑕的净度（IF）即DIF（高），FVS1（中高），HVS2（中），JSI1（中低）

假设：钻石切割是非常优良（高 Excellent to Ideal）

参考：Rapaport国际钻石价格表, Idex钻石价格的报告

结果：
请参阅图1

钻石价格2001年至2012年内平稳增加（图1）。在过去10年增长约25％的平均增幅。随着2008年例外的世界金融危机，钻石遭受价格总体下降了13％. 其余时间价格走势稳步上升。

在为期10年的25％升幅与其他项目比较：例如通货膨胀率，食品和/或贵金属价格似乎有点偏低。

价格变动包括了以下要素

1。钻石的大小（在这里，我们采用0.30克拉，0.50克拉，1CT，2CT，3CT，5CT）为分析的目标。
2。钻石的质量（在这里我们使用JSI1<低质量>，HVS2<中等质量>FVS1<中高>的质量和DIF<高品质>）
3。彩钻和微小钻石不包括在这项研究。 在过去10年，其价格波动严重

请参考图2

价格比较
1。 JSI1，HVS2，FVS1和DIF
2。 0.30克拉，.50克拉，1.0克拉，2.0克拉，3克拉，5克拉
3。从2001年到2012年

很明显表明：
金科玉律第1号：质量更好钻石如DIF（增加85％），获取更好的价格涨幅相比低质量的钻石（如JSI1增加42％）。

请参考图3

1。混合不同质量的的钻石在一个锅里(JSI1，HVS2，FVS1和DIF) 作为比较的目的
2。过滤与不同大小的0.30ct，0.50ct（小钻石），1CT，2CT，3CT和5CT钻石（大钻石）
3。从2001年到2012年

金科玉律第2号：规模较小的钻石价格获得较小的价格增长。（某些情况下如0.30克拉在10年期间的价格录得下降）。较大的钻石，较大的价格增长（例如5克拉收在超过10年期间，录得有61％的增长。远优于美国债券市场的回报。

请参阅图4

1。钻石品质和钻石大小的混合可以严重影响其价格上涨模式
2。用FVS1（中高品质的钻石），对比不同大小钻石在10年期间的上涨模式。
3。 看到0.30克拉有-23％（负增长），而5克拉，价值增长192％

可能的原因：在钻石需求的转变（中国因素，F色疯狂）
                    供应毛坯钻石的价格和数量

然而，黄金法则仍然适用的: 钻石更大，更好的增加

其他类别：
1.   DIF0.30ct-2％与5CT172％
2。 HVS25CT0.30ct-5％和132％
3。 JSI130克拉0％和5CT114％

请参阅图5

1。与其他类相比，DIF（高品质的钻石）获取更加稳定物价上涨
2。周年％增加由 0.30克拉-0.2％至5克拉。 17.2％
3。普通顾客是很难就作出在较大的高品质的钻石投资，由于下列原因
A）偏高买入价
B）巨额的投资本金，如5CTDIF 可能要1,000,000美元一颗
C）再销售渠道是有限的

请参阅图6

1。低品质的钻石（JSI1）长期录得稳定价格上涨。 0.30ct JSI1是唯一的类别，获得0％的增长（其他类别的 0.30ct 小钻2001 到 2012 都录得负增长）。
2。两个黄金规则适用，0.30ct 0％的增长对比5CT增长了114％的价格。
但大小钻之间波幅较其它类小。

3。 5CT JSI1现时，造价约 每颗100,000美元（DIF5CT价格的1/10）
4。 但5CT钻石每天佩戴可能太大。1CT JSI1镶在珠宝上的成本约每颗USD5800。从我们的研究看到，1CT JSI1的回报率从2001年至2012年是25％。 2CT是53％。 3CT是61％

请参阅图7

购买钻石时要考虑的因素

首先，2金科玉律，大小和品质

当谈到现实，还有一些其他因素
1。作投资用途或珠宝的钟爱
2。钻石的替代品。如彩钻钻石粉红色钻石或翡翠，和田玉，金，银等
3。财政预算案（知道2金科玉律以上，但你会为您的投资购买所有的大钻石？
4。其他要考虑的因素如价值下跌的风险，安全，存储，保险。等
5。转售通道（对普通消费者有些困难）

其他一些注意事项：
彩钻：粉红色钻石
粉红色钻石是世界上最稀有和珍贵的钻石。阿盖尔矿是世界上无与伦比的强烈（vivid）的粉红色钻石的首要来源，生产世界上供应的95％。然而，阿盖尔钻石生产的一个非常小的比例是粉色，其实不到1％的十分之一，被列为粉红。
其中价格上升速度更比无色钻石（白色）快得多。

如上图：粉红色钻石USD7000/ct

好的和坏的钻石切割：钻石腰部的厚度

钻石的切割：

切割对钻石的价格也有显着的影响。由于理想切割 （ideal, excellent）的供应有限，加上优异切割钻石，切割技术比较复杂等的因素，还有消费者现接收更多的教育，并要求质量更好的钻石，价格增加的速度对比（好至非常好Good to Very Good）要来得快，从钻石的可行性有限的比较定期切割钻石

好的和坏的钻石切割：ASET图表

好的和坏的钻石切割：钻石对称问题

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非常感谢

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Objective: 

Study medium to long term trend on diamond wholesale prices with respect effect on

1.       Size of the diamonds

2.       Quality of the diamonds

3.       Combination of size and quality of diamonds

4.       Cover period over 10 years from 2000 to 2012 January

Sample size used: 0.30ct, 0.50ct, 1ct, 2ct, 3ct, 5ct

Sample quality used: D color Internally Flawless Clarity (IF) ie DIF (high), FVS1 (Medium High), HVS2 (Medium), JSI1 (Medium Low)

Assumption:  Cutting of the diamond is Very Good to Excellent (High)

Reference:  Rapaport Diamond Report  IDEX Diamond Price Report

Findings:

Refer to Diagram 1

Diamond prices increases at a steady rate over the 2001 to 2012 (Diagram 1).  Average increase about 25% increases over the past 10 years. 

With the exception of 2008 with the world financial crisis, where diamond suffered a 13% overall drop in price compared with 2008, price trend is rising quiet steadily. 

A 25% increases over the period of 10 years seemed a bit low compare with for example the inflation rate, foods and/or precious metal prices. 

There are elements contributing to the price structure

1.       Size of the diamonds (here we take only .30ct, .50ct, 1ct, 2ct, 3ct, 5ct for the analytical purpose)

2.       Quality of the diamonds (here we use JSI1 (Low quality), HVS2 (Medium quality) FVS1 (Medium High) quality and DIF (High Quality)

3.       Fancy color diamond and star melee diamonds were not included in this study. Price of such fluctuated quite seriously over the past 10 years

Please refer to diagram 2

Price comparison between

1.       JSI1, HVS2, FVS1 and DIF

2.       .30ct, .50ct, 1ct, 2ct, 3ct, 5ct

3.       From 2001 to 2012

Quite obvious to show that: 

Golden Rule No. 1: Better quality diamond eg DIF (High quality with 85% increases) fetch a better increase in value than the (Low quality with 42% increases) JSI1 diamonds. 

Please refer to diagram 3

1.       A Mixture of different quality of diamonds (JSI1, HVS2, FVS1 and DIF in a pot) for study purpose

2.       Filtered with different sizes 0.30ct, 0.50ct (small size diamonds), 1ct, 2ct, 3ct and 5ct diamonds (large size diamonds)

3.       From 2001 to 2012

Golden Rule No. 2: Smaller size diamond received much smaller growth in prices.  (in some cases 0.30ct actually fall in prices over the 10 years period).  Larger the size of a diamond, the larger the growth in its value. For example 5ct received a total of 61% growth in prices over the period of 10 years.  Better return than the US bond market. 

Please refer to diagram 4

1.       Quality and size mixture together can contribute and affect the pattern of price hike over the long period of time.

2.       Take for example FVS1 (medium high quality diamond) on different sizes over the 10 years period.

3.       Small diamond .30ct with a -23% (negative increase) and 5ct with 192% increase in value

Possible reasons:     A shift in the diamond demand (China factor, the F color crazy)

                                       Supply of rough diamond price and volume

However, the golden rule still applies: Bigger the sizes, better the increases

Other category:

a.        DIF 0.30ct -2% vs 5ct 172%

b.       HVS2 0.30ct -5% vs 5ct 132%

c.       JSI1 .30ct 0% vs 5ct 114%

Please refer to diagram 5

1.       DIF (high quality diamond) fetches a more stable price increases compared with the other category

2.       Annual % increases from 0.30ct -0.2% to 5ct. 17.2%

3.       Ordinary customer is difficult to invest in the bigger sizes due to the following reasons

a)         Potential higher purchasing prices

b)         Large amount of capital investment eg 5ct DIF can be as high as 1,000,000USD per stone

c)         Re-sale channel is rather limited

Please refer to diagram 6

1.       Low quality diamond (JSI1) increases in value overtime.  0.30ctJSI1 is the only category that receives 0% growth (0.30ct on other categories all reported negative growth). 

2.       Two golden rules applies but with small fluctuations between sizes.  0.30ct 0% growth vs 5ct 114% growth in price.

3.       Cost of the 5ct JSI1 nowadays can be around 100,000 USD per diamond (1/10 the price of the DIF 5ct)

4.       5ct diamond is too big for daily wear.  Cost of a 1ct JSI1 to be mounted in jewelry is around USD5800 per diamond.  From our study, 1ct JSI1’s return from 2001 to 2012 is 25%.  2ct is 53%.  3ct is 61%

Please refer to diagram 7

Factors to consider when purchasing a diamond

First of all, the 2 golden rules, Size and Quality

When it comes to reality, there are other factors

1.       For Investment purpose or for the love of jewelry

2.       Alternatives to diamond, eg fancy color diamond Pink diamond or Jade, Nephrite, gold silver etc

3.       Budget (knowing the 2 golden rules above, but would you be buying all the BIG diamond for your investment?

4.       Other factors to consider eg risk of value decreases, security, storage, insurance . etc

5.       Resell channel (difficult for ordinary consumers)

Some other notes:

Fancy color diamonds: Pink Diamonds
The pink diamond is the world's most rare and valuable diamond. The Argyle mine is the world's foremost source of unrivalled intense pink diamonds, producing 95% of the world's supply. However, an extremely small proportion of Argyle Diamonds production is Pink color, in fact less than one tenth of 1% is classified Pink.

Price of which has risen at a much more pace than the colorless (white) diamond. 

Cut of a diamond: Also significantly affects the price of a diamond.  Due to the limited supply of Ideal to excellent cut diamonds, also limited by the technical feasibility from the diamond cutters, compounded by the factor that consumer is more educated and demands a better quality diamonds, the price is increasing at an increasing rate compare to the regular cut (Good to Very Good) diamonds.   

Feel free to comment and forward the article, but please respect the intellectual property right by stating the source of this study

Thank you very much Philip Yau

RAPAPORT... Several hundred man-made diamonds were sent to the International Gemological Institute (IGI) in Antwerp and Mumbai to be certified as natural diamonds, raising concerns that a large volume of these undisclosed CVD synthetic stones may have entered the market already.





Roland Lorié, the chief executive of IGI, told Rapaport News that the company received an initial batch of 145 stones at its Antwerp lab and that following tests proving the stones to be CVD synthetics, the full parcel of more than 600 stones were presented to the lab.

“A diamond dealer cannot tell the difference between natural and CVD synthetic diamonds and it requires sophisticated machinery at the labs to make the necessary findings,” Lorié said. “This means that there could be a large amount of undisclosed synthetic diamonds on the market.”

An unnamed polished dealer, who had bought the synthetic stones on the open market --at natural diamond prices-- submitted the goods to IGI for certification about two weeks ago after he was unable to sell them as a parcel on the dealer market.

Lorié said that the polished dealer and his supplier both claimed to be under the impression that the goods were natural diamonds.

Around the same time, a smaller parcel of 10 stones was submitted to IGI’s Mumbai lab by two separate parties. IGI found that all these sets of goods were CVD synthetic diamonds and likely came from the same source.

IGI issued a trade alert to other laboratories regarding its findings.

“Additionally, IGI decided to share detailed scientific information with other gemological laboratories around the world, as we now suspect that the volumes of colorless synthetic diamonds being released on the global market s have increased noticeably, and may perhaps already be prevalent throughout the diamond centers,” IGI stated.

The company worked with the Belgian Federation of Diamond Bourses (BFDB), the Diamond Trading Company (DTC) Research Centre and the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) to alert the trade about the issue.

DTC reported to sightholders that it has identified three recent instances of undisclosed submission of CVD synthetics to grading laboratories in Belgium, India and China, whereby each case had very similar characteristics and may have had a common source.

''The DiamondView and photoluminescence results indicate that the CVD synthetics have been heat-treated post synthesis and we note that the combination of characteristics is strikingly similar to that reported by the GIA [Wang & Moses 2011] for 16 CVD synthetics received from Gemesis Corporation,” DTC told sightholders.

Avi Paz, the WFDB president, explained that the diamond bourses require their members to identify synthetics and disclose any treatments used on diamonds. He stressed that the bourses are guided by clear rules regarding the trading in misrepresented or undisclosed products, whether inadvertently or not. Any violations of these rules are referred to the relevant bourse for disciplinary action and can be grounds for suspension, expulsion, fine or other appropriate measure.

“Together with the diamond laboratories, which have the means and technological instruments to detect man-made and treated diamonds, our affiliated bourses provide assistance in identification techniques and a secure structure,” Paz said. “It is in the interest of our global business that it remains transparent so that consumers can receive full disclosure about the diamonds they purchase.”

DTC added that trading in these goods could cause irreparable damage to reputation and could undermine the integrity of the diamond supply chain, damaging both trade and c onsumer confidence in buying diamonds

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在中國推出首部《反虐待動物法》草案，並且公開徵求意見的今天，一款由吉林省延邊申聯食品廠推出的「狗肉即食麪」驚銷全國，為了擴大銷路拼盈利，每年逾萬狗隻從湖北、湖南、河南省運往吉林屠殺，狗肉剁碎磨粉製成配料，放入即食麪內。兩元人民幣一包的「狗肉即食麪」從東北送往朝鮮、北京，甚至南下廣東，事件令國內外保護動物組織震驚，齊聲譴責。《蘋果》記者直擊吉林屠狗場，揭露血淋淋的殺狗製醬料過程。
 
吉林延吉市海蘭路狗肉館林立，掛滿一隻隻剝皮劏腹的「白斬狗」，顧客吃得津津有味，當地朝鮮族視狗肉為補身佳餚，稱為「甜肉」。隨着經濟發展，吃狗肉更走向產業化，延邊朝鮮族自治州汪清縣的申聯食品廠主打狗肉即食麪，該廠推銷部劉經理表示，公司近年積極擴大內銷，「我們的狗肉麪推出快十年了，主要出口去朝鮮，內銷主要是北京、哈爾濱等北方城市，現已南下廣東」。

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加入狗肉醬包的即食麪有着強烈的狗羶味，令人無法接受。

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包裝標明醬包含有狗肉（紅框示），據悉，每 30公斤狗肉，便能製出 3000包醬包。

屠夫日宰逾 300隻狗

劉強調，狗肉麪的調料是廠家的致勝秘方，屬最高機密，調料除用狗肉外，還有 30多種配料。 3,000包即食麪，得用 30公斤狗肉；一天生產 30,000包，每天大概宰 20多條狗。「我們有自己的供應商，送來的都是白條狗（劏好的狗）」。他稱狗肉配料真材實料，不怕檢驗。
記者追查下，狗隻供應商來自離廠家 40公里外延吉市最大的惠民屠狗場，場主從河南、湖北和湖南收購大量狗隻，宰殺後除供應給工廠製即食麪配料外，還供應市內街市及超市。年約 55歲姓張場主 20多年前在延吉市屠宰場做屠夫，之後自立門戶，不用 10年就賺到盤滿缽滿，五年前更投資 700萬人民幣（下同）在春興村興建全市最大的屠狗場，視為當地「屠狗輩」一哥。
「平時我一天就宰 300多條狗，如果有需要，我一天可以調來幾千條狗。」張對收購狗隻價錢如數家珍，指活狗每斤 7、 8元，劏好的白斬狗轉售 16元一斤。

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屠夫以鐵棒扑暈狗隻，再拖到血池割喉放血。

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屠狗場內一個約一米長及深的血池，用作殺狗放血。

內地擬立法禁吃貓狗

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位於延邊的申聯食品廠，生產的狗肉麪主要出口到朝鮮，內銷則以哈爾濱和北京為主。

內地人嗜吃貓狗肉一直為人詬病，前年內地首部《反虐待動物法》草案公開徵求意見，當中明文規定「禁止屠宰，食用或銷售犬、貓」，違者將處 5,000元以下罰款及處 15日以下拘留，違規團體最高可罰 50萬元，但法例尚未正式頒佈。
就內地屠殺狗隻製成即食麪配料，引起國內外關注，亞洲動物基金中國貓狗福利項目總監馮冬梅表示「絕對反對食用貓狗，而貓狗不是擺在餐枱上的食物」。亞洲善待動物組織亦表示強烈反對食用包括貓狗在內的動物，指出動物在被殺過程中飽受痛苦和折磨。
香港救狗之家幹事高小姐激動地斥責內地商人「不人道、不文明」，希望內地盡快立例禁食貓狗，真正踏上文明之路。愛護動物協會公關及傳訊總監顏綺苓看過記者拍攝的片段後，痛斥殺狗過程殘忍而且不人道，狗隻們待宰的驚恐，令人難過，促請內地立法禁止殺狗。

這是地獄之夜！位於延邊山谷裏的惠民屠狗場，黑夜份外恐怖漫長，全因狗隻的哀號聲與悚然扑殺聲由夜半交織至破曉，屠夫手中鐵棒瘋狂扑打，狗隻在流血在掙扎，目睹同類慘死的其他「生還狗」，視沾滿鮮血的屠夫如「死神」，屠夫甫靠近即「發軟蹄」全身發抖跪在地下，狀甚可憐。

絕望小狗發抖跪地

記者深夜坐的士往惠民屠狗場，離屠場一公里外已傳來陣陣凄厲哀號聲，山谷迴盪，教人毛骨悚然，的士司機坦言：「我雖然吃狗肉，不過也不敢看人殺狗，實在太殘忍。」
記者到達時，大屠殺已經開始，數十隻狗屍橫一地，鮮血將地面染紅。一名穿水靴、拿着兩米長鐵棒的「屠夫」殺了一回合後，再從狗房裏驅趕 20多隻狗出來，有狗隻不斷低鳴，似知被趕入絕地，大限將至，其他狗房的狗隻，為即將慘死的同類齊聲哀鳴。
20多隻狗被趕入 200多呎的圍欄時，其中幾隻已全身發抖跪在地下，另幾隻不停用爪抓鐵欄，更多的是在欄裏亂竄，但也是徒然，屠夫手起棒落不消片刻就結束牠們生命。屠場共有百多間狗房，每間房約 500呎關了 40隻狗，滿地盡是糞便。滿身骯髒的狗，眼中只有驚慌和絕望。

平時我一天就宰 300多條狗，延吉市誰不認識我張老闆?!」黑黑實實的張老闆（年約 55歲），做殺狗屠夫 20年，從狗屍上賺了人生第一桶金，他帶記者參觀屠房時說：「之前有不少愛護動物的人來抗議，反對殺狗」。他不得不經常「搬家」。

花 700萬設廠山谷

五年前，他花 700萬在春興村這個山谷中買了這塊逾萬平方米地皮建屠場。場內設有近百狗房，每間約 20平方米，均關着約 40隻狗，現時屠宰場內有 5,000多條狗。「這裏的狗全部是南方調來的。」老闆透露以每斤 7至 8元收購回來，劏乾淨的「白斬狗」以 16元左右出售，獲利一倍。
記者親眼看見殺狗如麻的「屠夫」阿姜，才 25歲，兩年前入行，六個月後變成熟手屠夫，工資由 900元加至 1,100百元。「我拿着鐵棒一進狗房，再兇的狗也腳軟，牠們聞到我身上有殺氣吧。」阿姜面無表情地說。
對於晚晚殺狗，阿姜說：「狗也是畜牲，這裏人人都吃狗，說殺狗的人殘忍，那吃狗的人就善良？」阿姜冷笑說：「我又不會聽狗話，牠叫什麼我又聽不懂；狗進了這裏，就算會講人話也得死！」

擁有逾四百年歷史、重達三十四點九八卡的傳奇白鑽The Beau Sancy，下月在瑞士拍賣，估值達三千一百萬港元。這枚梨形雙面玫瑰式切割白鑽，是全球最古老、最著名的鑽石之一，它是四百年前全歐女首富獲加冕為法國國王亨利四世皇后當日，所佩戴后冠上的巨鑽

A photo of the Beau Sancy, reunited with the Sancy, which is just off-camera to the left. Finnish gemologist Herbert Tillander, after years of preparatory work, correspondence and persuasion convinced the relevant authorities to stage an exhibition of the two diamonds. In October of 1972, Prince Louis Ferdinand himself (the head of the Hohenzollern family -- the owners of the stone) came to Helsinki to open the exhibition Two Historic Diamonds. The diamonds had been seperated for about 370 years.

At the time of the marriage of Prince Albert of Prussia with Princess Mary of Sachsen-Altenburg in Berlin, the bridge was described in the newspaper accounts of the wedding as wearing "the crown necklace, with the celebrated 'Sancy' diamond." Much surprise and mystification were caused by this statement, apparently made on authority; for amongst the many strange peregrinations of the "celebrated 'Sancy' diamond," a visit to the Prussian "Schatz-Kammer" had not hitherto been mentioned. We are now in a position to clear up the mystery, thanks to the subjoined extract from an official communication obligingly made to us on June 7th, 1881, by Herr Smernitz, minister of the Royal Household, Berlin: --

"Amongst the numerous diamonds of the Royal Treasury there is one only possessing historical interest. This is a brilliant of splendid shape weighing 34 carats, worn as a pendant to a necklace, and known as the 'Little Sancy.' This diamond was bought by Prince Frederick Henry of Orange, who died in the year 1647, and who was grandfather of King Frederick I of Prussia. Through King Frederick it passed from the Orange bequests to the Prussian Royal Treasury."

It thus appears that at her wedding Princess Mary of Sachen-Altenburg wore not the celebrated "Sancy" diamond, but this "Little Sancy", correctly enough described as attached to the "crown necklace." Of the very existance of this "Little Sancy", the public has been hitherto profoundly ignorant. Nor does it even now appear by what right it bears the name "Sancy" at all. The explanation, however, is not far to seek. We already have seen that Nicholas Harlai, Signeur de Sancy, was evidently a diamond collector, and that he died in the year 1627. After his death his collection was no doubt dispersed by his family, and in this way the diamond, weighing 34 carats, would be thrown into the market. Hence its purchase by Frederick Henry of Orange, in 1647, is easily accounted for. A diamond of its weight, rare enough in those days, at least in Europe, would naturally be associated with its owner, the famous collector, M. Sancy, and as the largest, weighing 54 carats, was known as the "Great Sancy"; the other, weighing 34 carats probably the next in size, took the name of the "Little Sancy." Source: Great Diamonds of the World, by Edwin Streeter, second edition, printed 1882.

The above account of this diamond was written by Edwin Streeter. He was the first author to write in-depth on the subject of famous diamonds. His book Great Diamonds of the World actually went on to have about five or six editions. This diamond is now more commonly known as the Beau Sancy Diamond

This illustration of the Beau Sancy is from Thomas Cletscher's Sketchbook,
which has been reproduced in a number of different places, among them Herbert
Tillander's book Diamond Cuts in Historic Jewelry - 1381 to 1910. The stone
is double-sided -- the opposite side looks essentially identical to this drawing.

Nicholas Harlay de Sancy, diplomat, financier and ardent monarchist, is remembered as the owner of the 55.23-carat shield-shaped diamond, the Sancy, one of the most celebrated gems in history. Sancy also owned another sizeable and beautiful diamond whose existence was documented on January 31st, 1589 as follows:

"A great flawless diamond, facet cut, weight 37 to 38 carats or thereabouts, set in a golden frame and the end of which hangs a great round pearl, flawless and perfect, of about 20 carats; also a great heart-shaped ruby set in gold at the base of which hangs a great pear-shaped pearl, for the price of 20,000 ecus. The large jewels were pladged and put into the hands of the said Sieur de Sancy that he might pawn them in Switzerland, Germany or elsewhere with the charge that if they were pledged for less than 24,000 ecus. His Majesty will only pay the said Sancy the price for which they were pledged."

This diamond came to be known as the 'Beau Sancy', or 'Little Sancy' and was destined to pursue a different course of history from Sancy's larger diamond. The Beau Sancy is a colorless, rounded pear shape, cut with a total of 110 facets, including the two small table facets.

Both of Nicholas de Sancy's diamonds came to be the subject of protracted negotiations with parties in Constantinople and the Duke of Mantua, a connoisseur and avid collector of fine gems. On October 10th, 1589, Sancy wrote to M. de la Brosse, who was acting on behalf of the Duke:

"One of my diamonds weighs 60 [old] carats. I want nothing less than 80,000 ecus for the big diamond and 60,000 for the smaller. If it pleases His Highness to take one or both of them, I will sell them to him, but I wish ready money, or most of it guaranteed, for the rest, in Venice or France, and wish no delay for the most shall not exceed three years."

The negotiations with the Duke of Mantua continued well into 1604 and ultimately came to nothing. Instead, Sancy sold the large diamond to King James I of England. There remained the Beau Sancy which, in 1604, was bought for merely 25,000 ecus by Marie de Médicis, the consort of King Henry IV of France. In The French Crown Jewels, Bernard Morel suggests that it is a strong bet that the King himself paid for the diamond in order to assuage the feelings of indignation aroused in the Queen when she learned that Sancy had sold his bigger diamond to the King of England. The Beau Sancy was set in the top of the crown which Marie de Médicis wore at her coronation in 1610.

After the murder of Henry IV in the same year, the Queen became Regent and devoted herself to affairs of state; she developed a passion for power which led to civil unrest in France and estrangement from her son, King Louis XIII. Marie de Médicis was exiled in disgrace to Compiégne, escaped to Brussels in 1631 and at Cologne in 1642, having intrigued in vain against Cardinal Richelieu, the statesman who is acknowledged as the architect of France's greatness in the seventeenth century. She died in straitened financial circumstances which led to the sale of her possessions to pay her debts. The Beau Sancy was sold to Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, for 80,000 florins. It is said that history never repeats itself but does sometimes produce curious parallels: in 1644, two years after the death of Marie de Médicis, her daughter, Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I, King of England, was forced to pawn the Sancy's large diamond so as to raise funds to support the Royalist cause in the Civil War in England.

Prince Frederick Henry (1584 - 1687), the son of William the Silent, the principal leader of the Dutch struggle for independence from Spain, achieved fame as a general and a politician. He was the first of his line to assume, as leader of the United Provinces of Holland, a semi-monarchical status and to determine both domestic and foreign policies. Until the age of 41 it was said of him that he was 'too fond of women to tie himself permanently to one of them.' He did eventually succumb, to endow the Hague in the seventeenth century with some semblance of baroque court life.

It was a grandson of Prince Frederick Henry who, in 1689, ascended the throne of England as William III. He inherited the Beau Sancy and gave it to his consort, Queen Mary II, as a wedding gift. The couple were childless so the diamond came into the possession of another grandson of the Prince of Orange, Frederick III, Elector Prince of Brandenburg, who, in 1701, became King of Prussia under the name of Frederick I. Valued at 300,000 Reichstalers, the Beau Sancy became the most important stone in the Crown Jewels of Prussia and was set in the royal crown. In an inventory of the crown jewels made in 1913 the diamond featured as the pendant to a necklace of 22 diamonds, part of a diamond suite which also included a large breast ornament, a pair of earrings and a fan.

The Beau Sancy is now in the possession of the head of the house of Hohenzollern, Prince Louis-Ferdinand of Prussia, grandson of William II, the last Emperor of Germany. Source: Famous Diamonds by Ian Balfour, Diamond Cuts in Historic Jewelry - 1381 to 1910 by Herbert Tillander and Thomas Cletscher's Sketchbook, published in the 1600s.

如常和小朋對了功课，他急着要去练鋼琴。因为有一只曲“LONG~LONG~AGO，是本人放弃弹琴前的絶作小孩子急着向我表演…给于些指導给小孩，彈得还不錯！本可以“收工了”怎知小孩彈得起勁，问了很多音乐鋼琴上的问题...糟糕了，十幾年前的事怎会记得（小孩记得我告诉他在大学時音乐课全部是A；最后只可下免戰牌説，对不起，全忘了，下次去问老師把！儿子失望之餘，娓娓道岀了一声

《學如不及，猶恐失之》………我停了一下，

内心想着旁人怎能明白這短短一句话中裏面的苦与甜…内心感動之餘苦笑了一下，心想千万别做了莊子在“朝三暮四”中的《猴子》....

全球房價最貴的地方在哪裡？    

《華爾街日報》─ 如果你認為曼哈頓或舊金山(新聞 - 網站 - 圖片)的房價很貴﹐看看摩納哥(新聞 - 網站 - 圖片)你就知道還有更貴的。

 


花旗私人銀行（Citi Private Bank）和倫敦(新聞 - 網站 - 圖片)房地產公司萊坊（Knight Frank）的報告顯示﹐全球房價最貴的地方是摩納哥﹐目前均價為每平方英呎5,408美元。也就是說﹐花100萬美元你只能買到一個200平方英呎（約19平方米）的小房間﹐而且應該是不帶水景的。

排名第二的是法國南部的費拉角（Cap Ferrat）﹐每平方英呎價格超過4,800美元。其次是倫敦﹐每平方英呎4,534美元﹐再次為香港﹐每平方英呎4,406美元。

紐約(新聞 - 網站 - 圖片)的房價相對比較便宜﹐排在第17位﹐均價在每平方英呎2,161美元以上（這個價格似乎有點偏高﹐即便對曼哈頓來說也是一樣）。美國其他地區房價唯一進入前50位之列的是阿斯彭（Aspen）﹐排在第39位﹐每平方英呎價格974美元﹐隨後是特柳賴德（Telluride）和邁阿密（Miami）﹐兩地房價分別為每平方英呎760美元和每平方英呎580美元左右。

以下是全球房價最高的10個地區

位置及每平方英呎均價

摩納哥5,408美元

費拉角4,800美元

倫敦4,534美元

香港（別墅）4,406美元

法國高雪維爾1850 （Courcheval 1850）4,081美元

瑞士(新聞 - 網站 - 圖片)聖莫里茨（St. Moritz）3,951美元

瑞士格施塔德（Gstaad）3,701 美元

法國聖特羅佩（St. Tropez）3,600美元

日內瓦(新聞 - 網站 - 圖片)2,959美元

香港（公寓）2,625美元

The Antwerp Diamond Bank and parent company KBC Bank on April 6 filed a motion to dismiss a $500 million claim against them by Lazare Kaplan.

The much-publicized complaint claims that Antwerp Bank, KBC, and entities connected to diamantaire Erez Daleyot engaged in a “fraudulent scheme” to steal LKI’s diamonds.

But KBC counters that theory “lacks any credibility.”

“It defies logic that Antwerp Bank, which has been one of Lazare’s primary lenders for more than a decade, would participate in an elaborate scheme to steal Lazare’s property and then take steps to drive Lazare into bankruptcy, when Lazare owed Antwerp Bank and unsecured debt of more than $45 million,” it said. “Neither Antwerp nor KBC had any incentive to participate in the alleged ‘Illegal Scheme” to ‘destroy’ Lazare because, if this were to occur, Antwerp Bank would never recover Lazare’s outstanding debt.”

Antwerp Diamond Bank’s filing labels the charges “baseless” and called LKI’s filing “verbose, repetitious, and replete with irrelevant and prejudicial allegations.”

Both filings further argue that the case should not be tried in the U.S.

“This case does not belong in a U.S. court,” KBC’s filing reads, noting it already is being tried in Belgium. “The relevant events all occurred in Belgium or other countries outside the U.S. … [T]he suit is a transparent attempt to shoehorn a foreign dispute into a U.S forum.”

赴海南博鰲論壇　坐經濟艙返京,五星酒店太貴　駱家輝住不起

美國駐華大使駱家輝（ Gary Locke）住不起五星級酒店！駱前日赴海南參加博鰲亞洲論壇，不住每晚逾 5,000元（人民幣．下同）的大會主場酒店，而入住 888元一晚的三星級酒店；出席完開幕式後次日即搭飛機返京，稱「能一天解決的事不呆兩天」，坐的又是經濟艙。事件引內地輿論熱議，有人讚他為中國官場上了一堂廉政課，也有指他故意令中國習慣豪花的官員們難堪。

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博鰲索菲特大酒店

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五星級的索菲特大酒店，行政套房每晚為 5,388元人民幣。

酒店價格是美規定旅費三倍
據廣州南方電視台記者李佳佳透露，駱家輝是在開幕式當日抵達博鰲，「我以為他也像諸多元首一樣，會住在會場的酒店套房（索菲特五星酒店），但隨行人員告訴我：『沒，太貴了。酒店價格是美國政府差旅財務規定的三倍，大使不能住。』而是住附近的千舟灣度假酒店」。李又問駱身邊人員，大使會否在博鰲玩幾天，對方答稱：「明天就走，能一天解決，不會呆兩天。」

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博鰲信銀假日酒店

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三星級的信銀假日酒店，房價為 688至 888元人民幣一晚。

出席論壇的地產商潘石屹親自向駱家輝求證此事，獲得駱證實。《蘋果》記者昨致電博鰲索菲特酒店查詢，工作人員透露會議期間行政套房每晚 5,388元，豪華標間 4,368元。而位於千舟灣的信銀假日酒店對《蘋果》證實，駱入住該酒店，共訂四間房，兩間一房一廳，兩間標準間，「一房一廳每間 888元一晚，標準間 688元一晚，含早餐。」據悉該酒店平時房價分別為每晚 418元和 298元。酒店距論壇會場約 10分鐘車程，主要接待來自世界各地的媒體。
昨午又有內地記者網上透露，在海南回北京的飛機上見到駱家輝，「他坐的可是經濟艙啊」。內地網民隨即熱議事件，「美國真那麼窮，大使連五星酒店都住不起？」「人家是在給中國官員上廉政課啊！」有網民從美國官方網站找到美官員在華出差旅費標準，其中海口每日住宿為 147美元（約 1,141港元），伙食為 115美元（ 892港元）。網民嘆道：「美國大使的行為，讓中國習慣揮霍的官員們情何以堪！」
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網民有話說
「駱大使出差，還不如我們一個鎮長豪氣！」
「再富不糟蹋，所以才富。再強不折騰，所以才強！」
「家輝同志快回歸吧，祖國出差旅費無限制，還可以送乾女兒哦！」
「他這麼做目的，就是想引起中國人民對自己官員不滿，煽動挑撥！」
「人家不是花不起，而是不能花，不敢花。這就是法治與人治的區別。」
「駱大使，你平時在中國的行為如此另類，你讓中國的官員們情何以堪？」
「中國村長出行住的都是五星標準，喝茅台就像喝水，看社會主義多優越！」
「即使他是作騷老百姓也喜歡，因為我們國家的官員，連節儉騷都懶得做了！」
「香蕉大使（即駱家輝黃皮膚白人心）是用美國價值觀衝擊分化我們的社會，居心險惡！」