THE 8.41 carat internally flawless fancy vivid purple pink diamond.
There was a world auction record for a fancy vivid pink diamond at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong on October 7. The 8.41 carat stone sold for US$17.77 million. There was a world auction record price per carat for any sapphire at the same sale when a 17.61 Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring sold for 4.06 million or uS$236,404 per carat. The magnificent jewels and jadeite sale realised US$75 million.
Quek Chin Yeow, Deputy Chairman and Head of Jewellery Department, Sotheby’s Asia, said: “Tonight we were thrilled to achieve consecutive per-carat price records for Kashmir sapphire first with the Cartier sapphire ring at HK$1,505,246 / US$193,975 per carat then again with a sapphire and diamond ring at HK$1,834,499 / US$236,404 per carat. The top lot of the night, a vivid purple-pink diamond ring mounted by Sotheby’s Diamonds, attracted keen competition before fetching a wonderful price of HK$137.88 million and setting a world auction record for a fancy vivid pink diamond. Also notable is a very fine icy multi-coloured jadeite ‘Guan Yin’ ornament which achieved HK$14.44 million and figures among the top ten lots of the sale. The highly anticipated Ballerina Butterfly brooch co-designed by Cindy Chao and Sarah Jessica Parker to benefit the New York City Ballet achieved HK$9.4 million.”
(See posts on antiquesandartireland.com for August 14 and 15, 2014).