Unveiling Rarities

For more than fifty years, Jeff Pancis lived inside one of the most secretive and fascinating industries in the world of the international diamond trade.

In Unveiling Rarities, Pancis takes readers on an extraordinary journey that begins on New York's famous 47th Street and travels across the globe to the cutting rooms of Antwerp, the diamond markets of Israel, the pearl trading houses of Japan, and the emerging jewelry centers of Hong Kong.

Along the way he encounters remarkable personalities, high-stakes negotiations, rare gemstones worth millions of dollars, and moments of real danger including a dramatic robbery that tested both his business and his reputation.

Through perseverance, instinct, and an unwavering commitment to integrity, Pancis helped introduce rare color diamonds to collectors and jewelers throughout the United States, eventually building Pancis Gems into one of the respected names in the trade.

But beyond the diamonds, this is also the story of family of a business built alongside his wife Audrey, and of the next generation now carrying that legacy forward.

From diamonds hidden for survival during the Russian Revolution to discovering some of the rarest stones on earth, Unveiling Rarities reveals the remarkable life behind the sparkle.