





Christie’s New York Spring Magnificent Jewels Sale on April 14, 2015

[New York] Christie’s auction house kicks off its spring auction season with the first Magnificent Jewels Sale due to be held at the New York Rockefeller Center on April 14, 2015.
A total of 312 lots will be on offer at the auction to be held in two sessions, the morning session featuring lots 1 to 160 starting at 10.00 am and the afternoon session featuring lots 161 to 312 starting at 2.00 pm. The sale includes a range of jewels incorporating high-quality colored and colorless diamonds, colored gemstones and natural pearls. Major highlights of the sale include an impressive 80.73-carat cushion-cut diamond ring; a magnificent four-strand natural colored pearl necklace; a Millicent Rogers Ruby Heart Brooch by Paul flato and a 5.29-carat. fancy intense purplish-pink diamond ring. The auction also includes an array of signed jewels from major jewelry houses, such as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Tiffany & Co, David Webb as well as Bulgari, Graff, Harry Winston, and JAR. The auction is projected to achieve a sales total in excess of US$40 million.
Full listing at New InternetStones
Featured image: Lot 12 – A diamond, citrine and ruby “bird on a rock” brrooch by Jean Schlumberger, Tiffany & Co.