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  • THE PREMIER BLUE DIAMOND AT SOTHEBY’S, HONG KONG

    The Premier Blue, a 7.59-Carat Round Brilliant-Cut Internally Flawless (IF) Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond. (Click on image to enlarge).

    The Premier Blue, a 7.59-Carat Round Brilliant-Cut Internally Flawless (IF) Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond. (Click on image to enlarge).

    THE Premier Blue, the largest round fancy vivid blue diamond ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America, comes up at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong on October 7.  The internally flawless 7.59 carat stone is rare and exceptional.  Widely applied to white diamonds, the round brilliant cut is rarely used in coloured diamonds due to the high wastage involved in the cutting process. No significant round fancy blue diamond has ever appeared at auction worldwide.

    It will be previewed around Asia and in Geneva, London, New York and Doha.

    Quek Chin Yeow, Sotheby’s deputy chairman in Asia, said: “Sotheby’s has been entrusted with many important blue diamonds and holds the current per-carat price record for Fancy Vivid blue diamond at auction (with the sale of a 6.01-carat Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond which achieved US$1,686,505 per carat in Hong Kong in October 2011).  This Autumn we are thrilled to offer the Premier Blue”.

    Sotheby’s say the Premier Blue offers an unprecedented collecting opportunity for connoisseurs worldwide.

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