Asia’s new affluent chic are a altered brand of adornment collector, experts say. While abounding buyers in the West seek the better stones, the Asian client about seeks the highest-quality stones—the greatest accuracy with the atomic imperfections is best desirable.
“Asian ladies are petite, so they attending for baby jewelry,” Mr. Kadakia said. “They’re not consistently attractive for admeasurement in the stones.”
Paul Redmayne-Mourad, Asia development administrator for English jeweler David Morris, said Asian buyers are acceptable more absorbed in black diamonds, rubies and emeralds.
“Two years ago, the acreage Chinese buyers were aloof accepting into big white chunk and didn’t apperceive annihilation about the black ones,” Mr. Redmayne-Mourad said. “Now, they’re so adult and savvy. They’re like abecedarian gemologists.” He added that abounding of his audience who buy adornment at bargain abolish the adored stones from the items and accept them displace in custom-designed jewelry.
Christie’s five-day sales event—featuring wine, watches, and Chinese art and antiques—will be the focal point for collectors. But abate battling houses additionally will be captivation sales.
English close Bonhams on Thursday starts the best assorted bargain amid the bargain houses, peddling wine, whiskey, abreast Asian art, Chinese paintings, antiques, snuff bottles, Leica cameras and pens.
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