A cushion-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond weighing 5.00 carats, flanked on either side by a shield-shaped diamond, mounted in platinum and 18k rose gold, ring size 5 by Graff, sold at auction for a huge $10.8 million, more than doubling the lower estimate of $5 million.
‘The Vivid Pink’ is the largest Fancy Vivid Pink Potentially Flawless
diamond to ever be offered for sale at auction.
Christie’s holds the world record price for a pink diamond at auction and has achieved three of the top five prices for pink diamonds in the international auction jewellery market.
The previous record of a Pink Diamond at Auction: A rectangular-cut fancy pink VVS2 diamond of 19.66cts sold at Christie’s Geneva in November 1994 for US$7,421,318.
Other notable pink diamonds sold at Christie’s include The Agra
Diamond, a Fancy light pink cushion-shaped diamond of 32.24cts (VS1) sold at Christie’s London in June 1990 for US$6,959,780, the second highest price for a pink diamond at auction; The Mouawad Pink, a Fancy pink cushion-cut diamond of 21.06cts (VS1 potential) sold at Christie’s Geneva in May 1989 for US$6,053,254; and The Rose of Dubai , a Fancy pink pear-shaped diamond ring of 25.02cts (IF, Type IIa) sold at Christie’s New York in October 2005 for US$6,008,000.
In 2008, Christie’s sold the most valuable jewel ever offered at auction – the historical Wittelsbach blue diamond for US$24 million.
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