Media Kit
Jeff Pancis & Unveiling Rarities
Press, podcast, interview, and event resources for a memoir about diamonds, family, trust, risk, resilience, business instinct, and legacy.
Short Author Bio
Jeff Pancis is the founder of Pancis Gems and the author of Unveiling Rarities, a memoir drawn from nearly fifty years in the diamond business. His story explores rare stones, rare risks, trust, family, resilience, and the legacy built through a lifetime of relationships and instinct.
Long Author Bio
Jeff Pancis has spent nearly fifty years in the diamond business, building Pancis Gems and a life shaped by rare stones, high-stakes relationships, business instinct, and lessons learned the hard way. His career has moved through New York’s Diamond District, international buying trips, rare color diamonds, trade shows, painful losses, resilience, and the fragile currency of trust.
In Unveiling Rarities, Jeff turns that life into a memoir about more than diamonds. It is a story about family, legacy, risk, the people who change us, and the rare moments that reveal what a life was really made of.
Short Book Summary
Unveiling Raritiesis Jeff Pancis’s memoir of nearly fifty years in the diamond business: a story of rare stones, rare risks, family, resilience, trust, business instinct, and legacy.
Long Book Summary
Diamonds are the setting, but the real story is human. Unveiling Rarities follows Jeff Pancis from early beginnings through the building of Pancis Gems, years inside the diamond trade, international buying trips, rare stones, unforgettable characters, a devastating robbery, and the lifelong pursuit of meaning in work, family, and legacy. It is a memoir for anyone who has built something, lost something, trusted the wrong person, bet on instinct, or looked back on a life shaped by rare moments.
Interview Topics
- What nearly fifty years in the diamond business teaches about trust
- The difference between knowing stones and knowing people
- How rare moments become legacy
- Business instinct, risk, and the cost of misplaced trust
- Family history, resilience, and the values that shape a life
- Why diamonds are the setting, not the whole story
Sample Podcast Questions
- What made you decide this was the moment to write Unveiling Rarities?
- What does the diamond business teach about reading people?
- How did early risk shape the way you built Pancis Gems?
- What is one rare stone story that still stays with you?
- How did family history shape your understanding of resilience?
- What do you hope readers take away beyond the diamond stories?
Speaking & Event Topics
- Rare Diamonds, Rare Lessons: 50 Years Inside the Diamond Business
- Trust, Risk, and Rare Stones
- The Stories Behind a Life in Diamonds
- Family, Legacy, and the Rare Moments That Shape Us
Downloads
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High-resolution files can be coordinated through Jeff until the final media package is published.
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High-resolution files can be coordinated through Jeff until the final media package is published.
Contact: jeff@unveilingrarities.com