It gone well, but not with many record: the auction of jewelry at Christie’s in Geneva will be compared, inevitably, with that of Sotheby’s a few days before (https://gioiellis.com/asta-con-6-record-per-sothebys) . If we measure the total figure, the game ended with an affirmation of the second auction house. Sotheby’s, in fact, ended with a sale to 150 million euro, while Christie’s is stopped (so to speak) 89 million Euros (about 97 million dollars). Sure, the lots were not the same. We can point up the strengths of the auction house: world auction record for a sapphire from Kashmir, 138 buyers from 24 countries, good strong results for colored gemstones and natural pearls, great interest in jewelry Jar, 19 lots were sold more than 1 million dollars. The top lot of the sale was a ring with a rectangular cut, with a fancy vivid pink diamond of 5.18 carats, sold for 9.5 million euro. A Kashmir sapphire, cushion cut, 35.09 carats, changed hands for 6.5 million euro, a figure that establishes the world auction record for this type of stone. “The relentless rise in demand for colored gemstones and pearls continued. Sapphire from Kashmir 35.09 carats set a new world record, with more than 200 thousand dollars per carat. A string of natural pearls changed hands for $ 3.8 million and a vivid pink diamond of 5.18 carats was sold for $ 10.7 million. Now expect sales exciting Paris, Hong Kong, London and New York in the coming months.” The four Jar jewels, reached a total of $ 1.7 million. A pair of antique bracelets of Colombian emerald, were sold for $ 1.5 million. Federico Graglia
