RAPAPORT... Sotheby’s brought in a total of $8.5 million at a New York
auction last week, as a 15.13-carat diamond ring more than doubled its high estimate.
The pear-shaped, D-color, SI2-clarity, Marianne Ostier piece
garnered $475,000, or $31,395 per carat, against a high estimate of $225,000.
It was the top-selling lot at the Important Jewels sale.
A diamond ring — set with a cushion-cut, 22.41-carat,
L-color, VS2-clarity stone — sold for $437,500, within its valuation of
$375,000 to $475,000. Another diamond ring, by designer Harry Winston, also
beat its estimate. The emerald-cut, 15.88-carat, E-color, SI2-clarity piece
went for $362,500, or $22,827 per carat. It had a high estimate of $300,000.
Meanwhile, a cut-cornered rectangular mixed-cut, 6.51-carat,
fancy-light-purplish-pink diamond ring, estimated at $525,000 to $575,000,
failed to find a buyer.
Several pieces by Harry Winston, Van Cleef & Arpels,
Tiffany & Co. and Buccellati also sold at the auction.
Sotheby’s sold 91% of all lots on offer, it said.
Image: The Marianne Ostier diamond ring. (Sotheby’s)
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