Sell my diamond, the cutter-direct way.

Send clear photos and any GIA, EGL, IGI or HRD certificate through the form on this page. We reply within 48 hours with a Rapaport-benchmarked indicative range in ZAR, with the assumptions written out. If you accept, you bring the stone to our Bedfordview viewing room or send it insured via Brink’s, we inspect under loupe and microscope, confirm the cert, and issue a firm offer. FICA-compliant settlement clears in about 72 hours.

Because Prodiam is a working cutting house in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, we re-cut, re-set or re-supply the stones we buy rather than on-selling them as-is. That lets us pay against the Rapaport sheet on the day rather than the heavy second-hand discount most retail jewellers apply. You can sell loose diamonds, an engagement ring, or any piece containing gold or natural diamonds, with the valuation benchmarked to a public reference, not an opaque margin.

Every offer is anchored to the Rapaport price list on the day, with documented adjustments for cut, certification, fluorescence, and the current South African market spread. We do not quote a flat headline percentage, the number depends on the stone. What we can promise is that the working is shown to you: you see the per-carat reference and the adjustments, so the offer is transparent rather than take-it-or-leave-it. Prices are on application, never a blind lowball.

It helps, but it is not essential. If your stone has no certificate, we can submit it to GIA South Africa, in the same building as our bench, and re-grade it before final settlement, which is faster than couriering it elsewhere. With a certificate to hand we can give a tighter indicative range up front. Either way the valuation is Rapaport-benchmarked and the settlement is FICA-compliant.

Yes. We buy loose certified diamonds, engagement rings, eternity bands, tennis bracelets, pendants, and whole or partial estates. For inherited and estate pieces we work with executors, deceased-estate attorneys, and beneficiaries, with FICA-compliant settlement direct to the estate account and a photographic record of every piece valued. You must be the legal owner or hold written authority to sell on the owner’s behalf.

A pawnshop or second-hand dealer values your diamond at its resale-as-is risk, often only a fraction of its true worth. As a manufacturer-direct cutting house we value the stone itself, because we can re-cut or re-supply it, and we settle by verified bank transfer with full FICA and SARS-compliant paperwork. The trade-off is that we work by appointment and to a Rapaport benchmark, not instant cash over a counter.