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Cartier Sapphire Ring Crushes Estimate at Skinner
Sep 25, 2019 7:52 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... A Cartier twin sapphire and diamond ring fetched more than double its low estimate at Skinner Auctioneers.
The piece, which was created in the 1950s, features two
Kashmir sapphires weighing 5.34 and 4.91 carats, and tapered, baguette-cut
diamonds. It sold for $873,000 at the September 17 Important Jewelry sale in
Boston against a presale estimate of $300,000 to $500,000.
Skinner also sold an antique ring set with a pear-shaped
cabochon Burmese ruby surrounded by old mine-cut diamonds for $171,000. The
final price was more than 20 times its estimate of $5,000 to $7,000.
In total, the auction garnered $2.5 million.
Image: The Cartier twin-stone sapphire ring. (Skinner Auctions)
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Tags:
Cartier, Important Jewelry sale, Rapaport News, skinner, Skinner Auctioneers
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