April Birthstone: The Diamond
We don’t talk about birthstones every single month, but we love any opportunity to talk about our favorite gemstones. Diamonds are among our favorite gemstones. The diamond is the birthstone…
By Erika Winters
A 21.30-carat fancy light pink Golconda diamond will highlight Christie’s New York Magnificent Jewels sale on December 10, 2014.
Christie’s New York is closing its 2014 auction season with a two-session sale that is expected to fetch over $55 million. The Magnificent Jewels auction will be held on December 10 at Christie’s flagship Rockefeller Center saleroom. Highlighting the sale is an array of rare diamonds, including a 21.30-carat fancy light pink Golconda diamond, an 89.23-carat D-color Type IIa diamond, and a suite of colored diamond jewelry weighing over 375 carats by Jahan.
The sale also includes rare colored gemstones, natural pearls, and signed jewels from Boucheron, JAR, Cartier, and Van Cleef & Arpels.
Visit Christie’s Magnificent Jewels to see additional highlights from the sale.
A pear-shaped 89.23-carat D-color, Type IIa diamond leads Christie’s upcoming Magnificent Jewels auction. Colorless Type IIa diamonds are known as the most chemically pure. And as a result of this purity, these diamonds display exceptional transparency and absence of color.
A suite of colored diamond jewelry by Jahan, including a necklace with seven fancy yellow and brown diamonds ranging from 52.30 carats to 11.51 carats, is expected to fetch between $3.5 million and $5 million at Christie’s New York.
An ultra-rare fancy red diamond weighing 1.42 carats is being offered at Christie’s New York with a selling estimate of $1.5 million to $2.5 million. The oval-shaped diamond is the third largest fancy red diamond ever offered at auction, according to Christie’s.
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