Jewelry
January 26, 2018
The CTF Pink Star diamond sold at Sotheby's for $71.2 million. Image credit: Sotheby's
By Danny Parisi
While record-setting diamond sales dominated the headlines in 2017, it is colored gemstones' huge projected growth that will be of special interest to investors in 2018.
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