A Massive and Ultra-Rare Purple-Pink Diamond Is Expected to Fetch $23 Million at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels Auction (Live Auction: 11 November 2020 • 8:30 PM CET • Geneva) The occurrence of pink diamonds in nature is extremely rare in any size. Only one per cent of all pink diamonds are … Read more
Sotheby’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale 2019 presents a curated auction showcasing decades of jewellery design, from the renowned Van Cleef & Arpels Mystery Set ‘Bellflowers’ brooch, to the iconic Cartier Panthère bangle. This jewelry auction is an assemblage of jewels representing connoisseurship of the highest level. On 2 April, … Read more
Sotheby’s inaugural sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels at the Mandarin Oriental in Geneva was headlined by ‘The Apollo and Artemis Diamonds’ which sold for US$57,425,478 / CHF 57,118,750, becoming the most valuable earrings ever sold at auction. The diamond twins—one pink and the other blue—are perfectly matched in size, cut and tonality. The … Read more
Blue is the warmest colour. The spectacular ‘Sky Blue Diamond’, a Fancy Vivid blue diamond ring weighing 8.01 carats, with a stunning mount by Cartier, will be sold at Sotheby’s Geneva on 16 November. Within the past two years alone, Sotheby’s auction house has twice set a new world record auction price for a blue diamond, … Read more
Discovered in 2011 from the deep mines in Southern Africa, the 299 carat rough of the Magnificent Oval Diamond is one of the largest and most beautiful diamond roughs found in recent years. Carefully and meticulously worked over a period of months, the resulting stone is estimated to achieve US$28/35 million / HK$220/280 million at … Read more
Anna Hu’s Jadeite “Orpheus” ring – the highest auction sales price For A Chinese Contemporary Jewelry Artist Anna Hu breaks the world sales record for a Chinese contemporary jewelry artist at Magnificent Jewels auction at Christie’s in Hong Kong. Following intense bidding, the final price was $2,592,663. The “Orpheus” ring is a lyrical invocation of … Read more