Diamonds, gemstones Share the sparkle with natural Pearls at Christie’s auction

'one of the best Diamond'

the big apple — the gathering from the estate of Huguette M. Clark bought lots of the consideration at Christie’s big apple very good Jewels sale Tuesday, however among the many 305 quite a bit had been essential diamonds and gems and signature jewelry pieces that received quite a lot of attention amongst bidders.

It used to be standing room handiest in Woods Room at Christie’s headquarters as these within the room competed with phone and web buyers from all over the world. It was an awfully aggressive atmosphere with lengthy, spirited bidding for among the a lot.The sale fetched a total of $70.7 million, with 95 percent of the items bought through lot and 97 p.c of the estimated value realized.

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along with huge diamonds, which always do well in this environment, sapphires have been very talked-about. there were a few extraordinarily strong pure pearls gross sales, as they seem like poised for a comeback on the global luxury jewellery market. among the top items offered were:

* “The Clark crimson,” a 9-carat, cushion-lower fancy vivid purplish pink diamond ring by means of Dreicer & Co., circa 1910, from the Huguette M. Clark property, bought for $15.7 million, making it essentially the most treasured crimson diamond ever sold in the united states.

* “one of the best Diamond,” a forty four.09-carat rectangular-lower diamond ring (prime image); D-coloration, internally flawless readability, sort IIa, with excellent polish and very good symmetry. The estimate was once upon request. It was once the closing lot of the evening but did not get the best total (The Clark diamond was the winner). however, it bought for an impressive $7.four million.

* “The Clark Diamond,” a 19.86-carat rectangular-cut D colour potentially IF diamond ring via Cartier, from the Huguette M. Clark property, bought for $three.1 million.

* one of the most large surprises of the sale was once a 31.53-carat sugarloaf cabochon Kashmir sapphire ring (above) with the aid of Van Cleef & Arpels, which sold for $2.65 million—a global document value for a cabochon sapphire. Its estimate was $300,000 – $500,000.

* a flowery yellow and fancy light yellow diamond cluster necklace with the aid of Graff obtained various consideration from bidders. It bought for $2.3 million.

* A pear-formed D color doubtlessly IF diamond ring of 16.33 cts with the aid of Van Cleef & Arpels bought for 2.1 million.

* A cushion-lower fancy intense yellow VS1 diamond ring of 43.forty nine cts via Graff sold for 1.87 million.

* A five-strand pure pearl necklace (above) offered  for $1.sixty seven million, more than double its high estimate of $800,000. A single-strand natural pearl and diamond necklace by means of Tiffany & Co., from the Huguette M. Clark property, sold for $362,000, shattering the estimate of $20,000 to $30,000. previous in the day a single-strand pure pearl necklace bought for $266,500, also smashing the estimate of $20,000 – $30,000.

* A 15.08-carat oval-reduce F coloration IF diamond bought for $1.four million.

* A 15.fifty eight-carat rectangular-cut E coloration VS1 diamond bought for $1.three million.