Hope is the spinel record. The large stone octagonal cutting was sold by Bonhams for almost one and a half million dollars, or 30 thousand dollars per carat, the highest price ever achieved. And to think that a few years ago was sold for 122 thousand dollars, now it has increased almost tenfold value. Spinel Hope, weighing 50.13 carats, is set into griffe with brilliant-cut diamonds, mounted in silver and gold. It can be also a brooch, a pendant, part of a larger gem. Surely, however, this gemstone auctioned by Bonhams has a long history behind it (found here: https://gioiellis.com/vendita-lo-spinello-hope). But in the auction there were also other interesting pieces. Tutti Frutti bracelet by Cartier, Art Deco, was sold for 700 thousand dollars. A bracelet of Suzanne Belperron “Torsade” of 1932, he was beaten for nearly two and a half times its estimate: 250 thousand dollars, a figure that has surprised many. A jewel that, instead, it was not placed, with a even bigger surprise, was an emerald ring signed Van Cleef & Arpels: was estimated 190-230mila euro. Other results: a ring with a natural pearl was sold for 314mila dollars. A pair of earrings from Cartier Art Deco period, diamond, 1925 have made 204mila dollars. A pearl necklace with sapphires and diamonds called 213 thousand dollars. Federico Graglia
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