Own the Perfect Pear!
“I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back” — Zsa Zsa Gabor
On March 7, 2008, a 72.22 carat D-color pear-shaped flawless diamond went on display at Sothebys auction house in London. The large diamond will be offered at auction by Sothebys in Hong Kong on April 8, 2008, during its Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Sale. Large enough to fill a tablespoon the diamond is expected to fetch US $10-13 million dollars.
Another 101-carat, near-flawless diamond may fetch more than $8 million at a Christie’s International sale in Hong Kong, It is the first time a gem of this quality and weight is being auctioned in Asia, according to the London-based company. The location of the sale was chosen by the seller–an unnamed European-based professional diamond dealer.
The squash-ball sized stone, the highlight of Christie’s jewelry sale on May 28, has the third-highest clarity rating of VVS1 and the third-best ranking on a scale used to measure colorlessness. Colored diamonds are graded on a different scale
Cut from a 460-carat South African rough stone, the gem is now on exhibition in London and is also the biggest white diamond at auction in nearly two decades, Christie’s said. In 2005, the auction house sold a 120-carat brown diamond of lower clarity in Hong Kong. A carat is one-fifth of a gram. (source)
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