Sotheby’s April 19 Magnificent Jewels auctiongenerated US$29,886,875, with diamonds and jewels from private collections topping the sales. The top lot was a platinum ring set with a cushion brilliant-cut fancy purplish pink diamond weighing 12.45 carats, which fetched US$4.56 million. The piece was earlier valued at US$3 million to US$5 million. Another top-performing lot was a … Read More →
NEW YORK — Sotheby’swill auction a 9.54-carat fancy deep blue diamond ring that once belonged to Shirley Temple. The “Little Princess” star’s father purchased the bauble to mark her 12th birthday in 1940, the same year that she starred in the film “The Blue Bird.” At the time, George Francis Temple paid just $7,210 (approximately $122,000 with … Read More →
A 10.1-carat blue diamond will be offered by Sotheby’s Hong Kong at its Magnificent Jewels & Jadeite Spring Sales scheduled for April 5. The De Beers Millennium Jewel 4, an internally flawless fancy vivid blue diamond, is one of the twelve diamonds – 11 blue and one colourless – that form the De Beers Millennium … Read More →