A pear-shaped D-color VVS1 diamond of 89.23 carats sold for nearly $11.1 million (including premium) at Christie’s New York Magnificent Jewels sale. The diamond, mounted in a platinum setting, sold for $124,000 per carat.
It was the top lot of the sale held December 10, which totaled more than $66.6 million, selling 75 percent by lot and 85 percent by value. The sale featured a strong mix of colorless and colored diamonds among its best sellers, with a strand of natural pearls also making it into the top 10. It marked the last sale of the year for Christie’s Americas, which produced a final tally of approximately $188 million in 2014. Worldwide jewelry sales amounted to approximately $740 million for the year, although a complete sales report will be released by the auction house in January 2015.
Other sales of note in New York include a pair of pear-shaped fancy light yellow diamond ear pendants of 52.88 and 51.46 carats that sold for more than $5.4 million, double its presale estimate; and a 5.25-carat Burmese ruby ring by Harry Winston that fetched $1.65 million, more than triple its low estimate.
Pear-shaped, fancy light yellow diamond ear pendants of 52.88 and 51.46 carats that sold for more... [+]
Other highlights of the sale include the following:
* A colored diamond suite of 593.61 carats, by Jahan that sold for $4.6 million.
A 21.30-carat, oval-cut fancy light pink Golconda diamond that sold for $4.25 million, or $200,000 per carat.
* A 32.32-carat, oval-cut D-color VVS1 Potentially Internally Flawless diamond by Bulgari (pictured above) sold for more than $4 million, or $126,000 per carat.
* A 32.72-carat, rectangular-cut D-color VS1 diamond sold for $2.4 million, or $74,000 per carat.
* A 1.42-carat, oval-cut fancy red VS2 diamond (pictured above) sold for $2.16 million or more than $1.5 million per carat.
* A 14.28-carat, marquise-cut fancy brownish pink Internally Flawless diamond sold for more than $2 million, or $143,000 per carat
* A 5.70-carat, rectangular-cut fancy blue VS1 diamond sold for more than $2 million, or $360,000 per carat
* A single-strand natural pearl and diamond necklace measuring from 13.10 to 8.00 mm sold for $1.8 million.
