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Blue Diamonds to Lead Sotheby’s Geneva Auction
Oct 31, 2018 11:11 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... A blue diamond ring estimated at $9 million to
$12 million will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s Geneva auction on November 15
alongside a roster of rare colored diamonds.
The rectangular-cut, 5.04-carat, fancy-vivid-blue piece is one
of
three blue diamonds set to feature at the Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels sale.
The auction will also include earrings containing a 2.61-carat and a 3.06-carat diamond with
a presale estimate
of $8 million to $10 million. A brilliant-cut, 2.02-carat,
fancy-intense-blue, internally flawless diamond valued at $2 million to $3 million rounds out the
set.
Sotheby’s will also offer a cushion-cut,
21.19-carat, fancy-light-pink, type IIa diamond estimated at
$4.5 million to
$6.5 million, and a collection of white diamonds. Those include a pear-shaped,
40.18-carat, D-color stone with a presale estimate of $2.5
million to $3.5
million, and a Harry Winston necklace with nine D-color,
internally flawless diamonds valued at $4.8 million to $5.8 million.
Colored gemstones and signed jewels by Cartier, Bulgari and
Van Cleef & Arpels will also be up for sale.
Sotheby’s will preview the jewels from November 10 to 14 at
the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Geneva ahead of the auction.
Image: The 5.04-carat diamond ring. (Sotheby’s)
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Tags:
Bulgari, Cartier, Gemological Institute of America, GIA, Harry Winston, Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels, Rapaport News, Sotheby’s, Van Cleef & Arpels
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