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Rare 75-Ct. Pear-Shaped Diamond Could Fetch $12 Million at Sotheby’s NY

Sotheby’s to Offer the Most Valuable White Diamond Ever to Appear In a New York Auction

Rare 75-Ct. Pear-Shaped Diamond will be the highlight at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels auction in New York on April 17. Among 400 lots gether estimated in excess of $35 million, this D, VVS1, potentially flawless, type IIa, pear-shaped diamond, stands out not only by rarity but also by expectation to be sell for $9 million to [...]

Two Rare Diamonds To Shine At Sotheby’s New York

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Two rare diamonds will lead Sotheby New York’s December 2011 Magnificent Jewels Sale.  It is about a rare fancy intense pink diamond ring and The Light of Golconda. The pink diamond ring is a cut-cornered square modified brilliant-cut diamond, of 22.17 carats, VS2 clarity, type IIa and an estimate in the region of $13 million. The Golconda [...]

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Japanese Lacquer Commode

Louis XVI Ormolu-Mounted Japanese Lacquer Commode with Secretaire

From October 18 to 21, Sotheby’s held a second sale under the same title Property from the Collections of Lily and Edmond J. Safra, where the top lot of the New York sale was a Louis XVI-era ormolu-mounted Japanese lacquer commode with secretaire that fetched $6.9 million, barely missing the top estimate of $7 million. A [...]