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Q1 2025 Report: The Secondary Market for Fine Jewelry & Gems

Auction-realized prices and the luxury-equity backdrop

A quiet quarter between the Geneva flagships: the regional and London books carried the period, diamonds anchored the value, and the market held its level like-for-like as the listed luxury majors split between a January rally and a spring de-rating.

Q1 2025 · Jewelry & Gems 7-minute read By ALT/FNDATA
Q1 2025 Report: The Secondary Market for Fine Jewelry & Gems

The correction in three numbers

$20.0M

Q1 2025 auction value

Across 10,857 sold lots; like-for-like value +8% vs 2024 (gross −26%)

$324,324

Top lot at Christie's London

A diamond ring; the March sale carried the quarter

$10.2M

Diamond value

Diamonds anchored the quarter, ahead of $1.5M of sapphires

Auction-realized prices: what fine jewelry and gemstones actually sold for at the hammer, not asking prices.  ·  15M+ auction results · 850+ houses.

What the data shows

ALT/FNDATA Q1 2025 report on the secondary market for fine jewelry & gems: a quiet between-flagships quarter. $20.0M cleared across 10,857 lots; like-for-like value held +8% as Christie's London led, topped by a $324,324 diamond ring. Diamonds anchored; the jewellery maisons stayed resilient. Free headline data; full report by email.

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  • The full month-by-month auction breakdown (January to March)
  • The luxury-equity backdrop: the January rally and the spring de-rating
  • What the value was made of: diamonds and colored stones
  • Methodology and how to cite the data
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Source: ALT/FNDATA, “Q1 2025 Report: The Secondary Market for Fine Jewelry & Gems” (June 2026). Based on auction-realized prices for fine jewelry and gemstones cleared at the auction houses ALT/FNDATA tracks, with public-market context from Q1 2025 luxury-equity performance. © 2026 ALT/FNDATA · altfndata.com/reports/jewelry-gems-market-report-q1-2025