The giant gem came from Karowe, the same mine that yielded the 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona and the 1,758-carat Sewelô diamond.
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The featured lot was estimated to fetch up to half a million dollars.
The sale features a stone from the last Argyle tender, the first one ever offered at public auction, according to First State Auctions.
The parcel, totaling 447 carats, garnered $12.4 million at the diamond miner’s recent tender.
Signed jewels and period pieces stood out at the sale.
“The Eden Rose” is a fancy intense pink diamond that was appearing at auction for the first time.
A tie necklace from Van Cleef & Arpels and a pinkish purple diamond are highlights of the upcoming New York jewelry auction.
The fancy intense pink “The Eden Rose” is estimated to sell for up to $12 million at the New York “Magnificent Jewels” sale next month.
Though its website has been down for a week, Christie’s proceeded with its jewelry and watch auctions on May 13-14, bringing in nearly $80 million.
Despite the absence of “The Allnatt,” Sotheby’s Geneva jewelry auction totaled $34 million, with 90 percent of lots sold.
The “Argyle Phoenix” sold for more than $4 million at the auction house’s second jewels sale.
Christie's is selling one of the diamonds, moving forward with its Geneva jewelry auction despite the cyberattack that took down its website.
A 203-carat diamond from the alluvial mine in Angola achieved the highest price.
Colored gemstones and signed jewels are the focus of its upcoming Geneva sale.
The brilliant-cut fancy vivid yellow stone sold for $1.1 million.
It’s estimated to sell for up to $1.3 million at the upcoming sale on March 28.
A new display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County features dozens of gemstones each weighing 100 carats or more.
From record-setting gems to celebrities and controversy, Associate Editor Lauren McLemore looks back on the year’s most intriguing sales.
The Choron Group has acquired the diamond, which Storm Mountain Diamonds recovered in Lesotho earlier this year.
Additional lots will be offered in the Fine Jewels online sale through Dec. 7.
The 15.48-carat fancy intense “Pink Supreme” topped Christie’s fall jewelry auction in Asia, while a Patek Philippe led the watch sale.
The stone headlining the upcoming sale could fetch up to $5 million.
A buyer paid $44 million for the 17.61-carat fancy vivid blue diamond.
The fancy vivid blue diamond was estimated to sell for as much as $37 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong.
The 17.61-carat stone leads Christie’s “Magnificent Jewels” sale in Geneva this November.