The House
An Antwerp name, quietly chosen.
Discretion about who buys; transparency about how it works. This is who we are, and why the name reads as an address to anyone who knows the trade.
Why “Pelican”
Pelikaanstraat — Pelican Street — runs through the heart of Antwerp’s diamond district, home to the trade’s bourse and, for more than a century, the world’s diamonds.
Our name is a quiet nod to that address, and to the way business has always been done there: in person, on reputation, with the stone in hand. Antwerp did not become the centre of the diamond world by accident. It did so through trust built face to face, over generations — a bourse where a handshake still means something, and where the person across the table matters as much as the paper.
That is the tradition this house works in. Not a showroom, not a catalogue — a relationship, conducted discreetly, with the certificate on the table and the invitation to check it yourself.
Our specialism
Natural fancy-colour diamonds — pinks, blues, greens, yellows and the rarer hues beyond. A fraction of a fraction of what is mined, and the part of the trade where expertise and certification matter most.
Who we serve
A small number of private clients in the United States: collectors, connoisseurs, and those diversifying into a rare tangible asset.
The House
A named house in Antwerp — not an anonymous inbox.
Pending
Portrait of Frederique Van Ruiten — real photograph preferred over stock (BRIEF §11).
Frederique Van Ruiten
Principal · Antwerp
The house works from the heart of Antwerp’s diamond district, the way this trade has always been done: in person, on reputation, with the stone in hand. Your point of contact is a named principal you will meet — by video or in Antwerp — before anything proceeds.
Associations & membership
Slot: memberships to display truthfully — AWDC / bourse / trade bodies
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