Following the successful sale by Sotheby’s in July 2021, of a 101.38-carat diamond for cryptocurrency worth the equivalent of USD 12.3 million, working out to approximately 366 bitcoins or 5,818 ether, the highest price for a jewel or gemstone purchased in cryptocurrency, Sothebys Hong Kong have decided to allow buyers to pay in either customary […]
Category Archives: Jewelry Auctions
Sotheby’s New York June 9, 2021 Magnificent Jewels Live Sale featuring 97 exceptional signed jewels, together with important diamonds, colored diamonds and colored stones was successfully concluded, the auction being conducted in a combined format featuring both advanced online bidding and live auction. Around 74% of the bidders participated online, while 84% of the available […]
LOT 135 – THE CHRYSLER DIAMOND PENDANT NECKLACE Christie’s Live New Yora k Jewelry Auction held on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, featuring a total of 154 lots recorded a sale total of USD 26,559,250, selling 85% of the lots offered at the sale. Top lot of the sale was LOT 135 – THE CHRYSLER DIAMOND […]
Christie’s New York Live Magnificent Jewels Sale to be held on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, will no doubt be be a memorable event, led by a collection of impressive diamonds, and signed jewels comprising an elegant selection of Graff Jewels as well as a collection of signed jewelry by renowned jewelry houses such as Buccellati, […]
Sotheby’s Geneva Live Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels Sale is due to be held in Geneva on Wednesday, 11th November 2020. A total of 103 lots will be on offer at the sale, consisting of iconic designs from the world’s most prestigious jewelry houses, such as Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier, Mauboussin, Bulgari, Harry Winston, […]
Sotheby’s Geneva is due to put up for sale, on November 11, 2020, an extremely rare pink diamond, “The Spirit of the Rose” – an oval modified brilliant-cut, fancy vivid purple-pink diamond weighing 14.83 carats, derived from the largest rough pink diamond ever mined from a Russian mine in the Republic of Yakutia. The GIA […]
Sotheby’s New York October 22nd, 2020, “Important Jewels” auction, the first auction with bidders in attendance since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in March, 2020, but held in a new and innovative hybrid format, consisting of an online advanced bidding, culminating in the usual drama of a live auction, registered a substantial Sale Total […]