Individual diamonds are retail if you buy them in bulk from a importer you can get them at wholesale the usual minimum for wholesale is $100,000 if you are stockpiling mobile wealth that’s nothing.
Having an interest in diamonds, you may like:
“The Rise and Fall of Diamonds” by Edward Jay Epstein
It was an enjoyable read.
And the author has been generous enough to post the entire book on his website, without adverts, or login BS to glom your email address. Simply click and read:
https://www.edwardjayepstein.com/diamond/prologue.htm
The Amazon blurb...
“An investigation by Edward Jay Epstein into the De Beers cartel and the fantastic machine that created the illusion that diamonds are forever. The story of the men and manipulations that maintained the value of diamonds for over a century. Based on interviews with Harry Oppenheimer and the key executives of De Beers. As Newsweek describes it, “Reads like high-finance James Bond. Fascinating detail.”
More diamond stuff...
A relative who worked for Tiffany’s, sent me this article long ago, very memorable.
This tends to change the long-term value structure of diamonds, but De Beers is doing its best to hold the market up. While the can...
An archive version without adverts.
“The New Diamond Age”