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Graff Blue Diamond Ring Fetches $13M
Dec 7, 2017 4:08 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... A ring featuring two fancy vivid blue
diamonds by Graff Diamonds smashed its pre-sale estimate at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels sale on Wednesday, as blue diamonds continued to dominate the New York auction scene.
The pear-shaped, modified-brilliant-cut diamonds, weighing
3.36 carats and 2.71 carats with VVS2- and VS1-clarity, respectively, sold for $12.6 million, well above their estimate of $6.5 million to $8.5 million, Christie’s said. Both stones
have the potential to be re-cut to be internally flawless, the auctioneer
added.
At the same sale, a
cut-cornered, square step-cut, 38.91-carat, D-color, VS1-clarity diamond went
for $3.6 million, or $93,613 per carat, beating its high estimate of $3.5
million.
A brilliant-cut, 23.26-carat, E-color, VVS2-clarity diamond
fetched $2.4 million, translating to $101,139 per carat. It had drawn an
estimate of up to $1.5 million.
Total proceeds at the auction came to $62.6 million. The sale followed a Sotheby’s auction in New York on
Tuesday, in which the top item, a 5.69-carat fancy vivid blue diamond ring,
found a buyer at $15.1 million, beating its $15 million upper estimate.
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auction, blue diamonds, colored diamonds, fancy vivid blue, Graff, Graff Diamonds, Magnificent Jewels, new york, Rapaport News, Sotheby’s
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