latest industry news
Friday 30th May 2008
Recordprice at Sotheby's
Sotheby’s auction house in Geneva sold a very rare fancy vivid blue diamond ring for $4.56 million, a world record by weight for any precious stone at $1.33 million per carat. The former record was set last October, when Sotheby’s sold a 6.04 carat fancy vivid ...
Thursday 29th May 2008
Christie's hits record in Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Christie's Hong Kong auction reeled in a record $60.1 million and was the largest jewelry sale ever organized by Christie's worldwide, the auction house said. The top lot of the day was a 101.27-carat, F, VVS1 diamond which was the largest diamond ever sold at auction in Asia. A private ...
Sunday 25th May 2008
Fancy Vivid Blue 3.37 Diamond Goes to Graff in Sotheby's Auction
London jeweler Laurence Graff bought a rare 3.73 carat fancy vivid blue diamond, mounted in a platinum ring, at Sotheby’s “Magnificent Jewels,
Sunday 25th May 2008
Fancy Vivid Blue 3.37 Diamond Goes to Graff in Sotheby's Auction
London jeweler Laurence Graff bought a rare 3.73 carat fancy vivid blue diamond, mounted in a platinum ring, at Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels.
Wednesday 21st May 2008
BLUE DIAMOND GOES FOR $8.8 MILLION AT GENEVA SALE
A large blue diamond sold for 9.23 million Swiss francs ($8.78 million) at a jewellery auction marked by strong prices for both coloured and white diamonds, Christie's said. The rectangular blue stone weighing 13.39 carats, set in a ring surrounded by tiny pink diamonds, was the top lot at its semi...
Monday 19th May 2008
Christie's jewels sale
Christie’s Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva realized a total of $59,245,750, which was a new jewelry auction record for the company. Christie's sale May 15 sold 73 percent by lot. Of the top selling lots, a 13.39 carat, VS1, rectangular mixed-cut fancy intense ...
Monday 19th May 2008
Mariah Carey
American singer Nick Cannon bought his fellow singer Mariah Carey a diamond ring weighing 17 carats total and said to be worth $2.5 million for their surprise wedding. The ring by Jacob & Co. is set with an emerald-cut fancy light pink center stone surrounded by 58 intense pink diamonds, with ...
Monday 12th May 2008
Diamond Vegas
Group of 9 fancy color diamonds (+1) (left to right, top to bottom): Fancy white, fancy vivid yellow, F, fancy deep brown, fancy deep purplish pink, fancy deep blue, fancy vivid green, fancy vivid pink, fancy vivid yellowish orange, fancy deep purple.