ALT/FNDATA · Market Report
Q1 2026 Report: The Secondary Market for Fine Jewelry & Gems
Auction-realized prices and the luxury-equity backdrop
A between-flagships quarter that firmed where it counts: with no Geneva marquee sale, the regional and London books carried the period, and value at the houses tracked in both years rose sharply even as the listed luxury majors sold off.
The headline
The correction in three numbers
+71%
Like-for-like value, YoY
$16.1M vs $9.4M at the 20 houses tracked in both years (gross −18% on a coverage shift)
$520,700
Top lot at Christie's London
An important diamond ring; the March sale carried the quarter
$16.4M
Q1 2026 auction value
Across 5,315 sold lots, a quarter between the Geneva flagships
Auction-realized prices: what fine jewelry and gemstones actually sold for at the hammer, not asking prices. · 10M+ auction results · 100+ houses.
The read
What the data shows
For a buyer the quarter rewards attention to composition rather than headline totals. With the flagship Geneva calendar quiet, London did the heavy lifting: Christie's led on value across a tight run of important lots, headed by a half-million-dollar diamond ring. Diamonds set the ceiling while emerald, jade and sapphire carried the colored-stone interest, and the top lot firmed some sixty percent over the prior year, a sign that quality of consignment, not volume, is what held price.
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- The full month-by-month auction breakdown (January to March)
- The luxury-equity backdrop: the jewellery maisons vs. the Q1 selloff
- What the value was made of: diamonds and colored stones
- Methodology and how to cite the data
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