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Blue Diamond Earrings Lead Bonhams Auction
Nov 17, 2019 7:30 AM
By Rapaport News
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RAPAPORT... A pair of blue diamond earrings will lead a sale of fine
jewels at Bonhams that includes pieces from the estate of former New York
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner’s wife.
The earrings feature a marquise-shaped brilliant cut,
fancy-intense-blue diamond with VS1 clarity, weighing 1.81 carats, and an
oval-shaped modified brilliant-cut, fancy-blue diamond, weighing 1.62 carats. Those
stones are topped by two cushion-shaped modified brilliant-cut diamonds
weighing 2.24 and 2.28 carats, and surrounded by marquise and round
brilliant-cut diamonds carrying a total weight of 2.60 carats. The piece is set
to go under the hammer for $850,000 to $1.3 million at the December 8 New York
Jewels sale.
Bonhams will also offer jewelry from the estate of Joan
Steinbrenner, former vice chairperson of the Yankees. The collection includes
an 18-karat gold and diamond Trika bracelet and earrings by Bulgari, a gold and
diamond Panthère wristwatch by Cartier, and an 18-karat gold, diamond and
cultured pearl necklace-and-ring set by Henry Dunay.
The sale will also feature a ring set with a pear-shaped
modified brilliant-cut, 2.46-carat, fancy-pink-purple, SI1-clarity diamond, and
a pear-shaped modified brilliant-cut, 2.01-carat, D-color, internally flawless
diamond. The piece is estimated at $350,000 to $550,000.
Other notable items include a cut-cornered rectangular
modified brilliant-cut, 10.88-carat, fancy-vivid-yellow diamond, which is
expected to fetch $275,000 to $475,000. A Bulgari Trombino ring, set with a
rectangular-shaped step-cut, 16.98-carat sapphire, and flanked by baguette and
round-brilliant diamonds, is estimated at $180,000 to $250,000. The sale will
also highlight signed pieces by Bulgari, Cartier, Harry Winston and Van Cleef
& Arpels.
Bonhams will preview the jewelry in Hong Kong from November
21 to 24, with the public exhibition in New York opening December 4.
Image: The fancy-blue diamond earrings. (Bonhams)
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bonhams, Bonhams New York Jewels, Bulgari, Cartier, George Steinbrenner, Harry Winston, Henry Dunay, Joan Steinbrenner, New York Jewels sale, New York Yankees, Panthère, Rapaport News, Trika, Van Cleef & Arpels
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