The largest, natural, near-spherical, saltwater, nacreous pearl to appear at a public auction, and perhaps one of the largest spherical/near-spherical saltwater pearls in existence, set a world record for such a pearl at an auction selling for a staggering £811,000 equivalent to US$ 1,368,075, at a Woolley & Wallis auction held at its Salisbury Salerooms […]
Sotheby’s New York Annual Magnificent Jewels Spring Sale is due to take place on April 29, 2014 and will be preceded by an exhibition of the highlights from the sale, at Sotheby’s York Avenue Galleries, beginning April 25, 2014. The auction offering more than 450 lots will be held in two sessions, the first session […]
The British Auction House Woolley & Wallis has announced the sale of an extremely rare, natural, near-spherical, nacreous, saltwater pearl at its Jewelry Auctions coming up at its Salisbury Salerooms on May 1st, 2014. The pearl with a shortest and longest diameter of 16.51 mm and 17.44 mm respectively, has a weight of 33.147 carats, […]
In a news release dated April 16, 2014, the authorities of the Crater of Diamonds State Park, Arkansas, announced the discovery of a significant white diamond weighing 6.19 carats, the largest white diamond discovered in three years, since the 8.66-carat, Illusion Diamond was discovered in April 2011 by Beth Gilbertson of Salida, Colorado. The marquise-shaped, […]
Christie’s New York Spring Sale, kicked off successfully at its flagship Rockefeller Center sales room on April 16, 2014, registering a sale total of US$60,561,125, much above the estimated US$50 million, with 82% sold by lot and 80% sold by value. The private collections of Riki and Jerome Shaw and Kathleen and Martin Field also […]
Following Sotheby’s announcement of the sale of a trio of important and historic diamonds – the Graff Vivid Yellow, the Victory, and Graff round brilliant-cut diamonds – on the occasion of the display of these diamonds at Sotheby’s London, prior to their sale at the Sotheby’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels sale, coming up […]
Sotheby’s has announced the auctioning of three important diamonds at its Magnificent Jewels Geneva Sale coming up on May 13, 2014. The three diamonds, the 100.9-carat “Graff Vivid Yellow” diamond, the 31.34-carat, D-color, Type IIa “Victory diamond,” and a 103.46-carat, round brilliant-cut Graff diamond, all set in rings are exhibited at Sotheby’s London, in anticipation […]
Rio Tinto’s first rough diamond tender for 2014, held in Antwerp and Israel during the period March 9 to March 28, 2014, turned out to be a very successful event with an unprecedented participation of diamantaires and a record number of successful bidders delivering very strong results. The tender consisted of 124 lots of rough […]
The Sotheby’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Spring Sale 2014 was held on Monday, April 7, 2014 at Hall No. 5, of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. A total of 322 lots assigned lot numbers 1601 to 1921, with an estimated value in excesss of HK$775 million (US$99 million) was on offer […]
In a press release dated March 24, 2014, Christie’s auction house has announced the holding of its New York spring magnificent jewels sale on April 16, 2014, at its flagship Rockefeller Center salesroom. More than 250 lots will be on offer at this sale to be held in two sessions, the morning session beginning at […]