Fancy Yellow Diamond Price Chart

A month later the 110 03 carat sun drop sold for a record 12 3 million the highest price paid for a yellow diamond at auction.

Fancy yellow diamond price chart.

The price of a champagne stone depends on its carat weight the intensity of color and its clarity. For instance this 1 01 carats fancy light yellow vs2 clarity radiant cut yellow diamond costs 4 150 while this 1 03 carats i color vs2 clarity radiant cut diamond costs 4 100. For example a champagne or yellow diamond only start from fancy light and a red diamond is only found in one intensity grade a fancy red. Not every color possesses each of the 9 intensity grades.

Fancy yellow diamonds or canary diamonds range in shades from subtle cape to sunny intense yellow. Fancy color diamonds are found with nine different intensity grades and the higher the color intensity the more expensive the stone. Popular fancy diamonds like the yellow canary diamond are more expensive than brown and champagne diamonds. Fancy light yellow diamonds as an example will price similarly to a i color white diamond.

However while an i color diamond would look pale yellow and is often not recommended a fancy light yellow mounted in yellow gold or white gold with a yellow gold basket and crown makes a good value for money diamond priced at 3 500 per a 1 carat diamond. The vivid yellow a 32 77 carat fancy yellow diamond fetched 6 6 million at christie s in october 2011.