RAPAPORT... Sean Connery sold a diamond pendant for $4 million (CHF 4.1
million), about twice its upper estimate, setting what Sotheby’s described as a
record bid for a fancy orange-pink diamond.
The 15.20-carat piece was sold at the auctioneer’s magnificent
jewels and noble jewels tender in Geneva this week, at $266,063 per carat, It
was slated to sell for $1.2 million to $2.2 million.
The former James Bond movie star also sold a single 5.18-carat
pear-shaped diamond in a ring, which went for $249,300, having been estimated
at $145,600 to $244,300, according to the Sotheby’s website.
The event in the Swiss city also saw the sale of the 12.03-carat
Blue Moon for a record $48.5 million.
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