As travel restrictions prevented customers travelling to auctions, Gemfields turned to a series of mini-auctions to sell rough rubies and emeralds. These generated US$58.9m from ruby sales and US$31.4m from emeralds this year making the ‘mini’ in mini-auctions appear misplaced. Not only does the US$90.3m in sales shore up the balance sheet, but the prices achieved point to strong customer demand for Gemfields’ stones.
29 Apr 2021
Gemfields Group - Maxi-mini auction results
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Gemfields Group - Maxi-mini auction results
As travel restrictions prevented customers travelling to auctions, Gemfields turned to a series of mini-auctions to sell rough rubies and emeralds. These generated US$58.9m from ruby sales and US$31.4m from emeralds this year making the ‘mini’ in mini-auctions appear misplaced. Not only does the US$90.3m in sales shore up the balance sheet, but the prices achieved point to strong customer demand for Gemfields’ stones.