Rubies: A Buying Guide for the Serious Collector
A collector's guide to buying rubies: what pigeon-blood colour actually means, how origin and treatment affect price, and why the finest rubies now outpace diamonds on a per-carat basis.
Royal Blue Sapphires: The Collector’s Buying Guide
A working guide to buying royal blue sapphires: what the colour term actually means, how origin and heat treatment affect price, and what Legacy's own catalogue of 298 pieces shows about where value sits.
Fancy Pink Diamonds: Rarity, Price and How to Buy
A working guide to fancy pink diamonds: the post-Argyle scarcity behind the price, how grading nuance separates value tiers, and Legacy's live catalogue data.
Fancy Yellow Diamonds: The Buying Guide
A working guide to fancy yellow diamonds, from the hue and saturation grading ladder to why radiant and cushion cuts dominate the shape, with Legacy's live pricing.
Which Diamond Shape Looks Biggest Per Carat?
A shape-by-shape look at face-up spread per carat, with median prices for each cut drawn from Legacy's live catalogue.
Pear Diamonds: The Buying Guide
A working guide to buying a pear shaped diamond, from point direction and symmetry to how the shape prices against Legacy's live catalogue.
The Asscher Cut: A Buying Guide to the Square Step Cut
The Asscher cut's Art Deco geometry and windmill facet pattern, and how it differs from the emerald cut, across 113 pieces in Legacy's collection.
Cushion Cut Diamonds: The Buying Guide
The cushion cut's antique lineage and softened outline, with a practical look at chunky versus crushed-ice facet styles across 426 pieces in Legacy's collection.
Radiant Cut Diamonds: Brilliance in a Cornered Silhouette
Why the radiant cut's crushed-ice brilliance and durable corners make it the shape of choice for fancy colour diamonds, with 484 examples from Legacy's collection.
Oval Diamonds: The Complete Buying Guide
An oval diamond's spread-per-carat advantage, honest bow-tie guidance and ratio benchmarks, grounded in 466 pieces from Legacy's own collection.