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Sotheby’s sells a record sapphire to Moussaief

Published on November 12, 2022

The sale of Magnificent Jewels was included in Sotheby’s Luxury Week, a series of auction sales that began in November 2020, between Geneva, Hong-Kong and New York. Result: 98.4% of all lots sold above the minimum estimates, and over 56% above the maximum estimates. The overall number of bidders increased by more than 80% from the same sale last year and by more than 126% from the same sale last year, but phone and room deals were also stronger than in the previous year. last year. Additionally, the number of new entrants more than doubled from last year for the equivalent sale. Another interesting fact: strong increase in participants under the age of 40, more than double the number of those who took part in the equivalent sale in 2021.

Zaffiro rosa con taglio cuscino di 20,58 carati

That said, the jewelry auction in Geneva also marks the record price per carat for a cushion-cut Burmese pink sapphire (90,622 per carat) weighing 20.58 carats. It was sold to Alisa Moussaieff, the mind and driving force of the jewelry house of the same name, for 1.8 million dollars, tripling the maximum estimate. Record price per carat also for a blue sapphire of Burmese origin ($ 137,525 per carat) set on a diamond ring weighing 20.16 carats, among the shoulders of Cartier diamonds sold for 2.8 million to Assil, a trading company gems of New York.

Zaffiro di 20,16 carati e diamanti su anello firmato Cartier

Another highly appreciated jewel, a record for Jean Schlumberger’s pieces, was a pink sapphire of Ceylon origin on a diamond brooch from the collection of Fiona Thyssen Bornemisza. The cushion gem weighing 92.01 carats has a frame of intertwined branches surrounded by small pear-shaped blue sapphires and diamonds. Made by Schlumberger in the 1950s, the brooch sold for $ 1.7 million.

Spilla di Jean Schlumberger con uno zaffiro rosa di 92 carati, diamanti e zaffiri blu

Overall, Sotheby’s fifth series of Geneva Luxury Week auctions reached $ 69.3 million, including a $ 14.2 million watch auction. A curiosity: sales also included the chassis of Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari F2003-GA, one of the most important sports cars of all time, sold for 14.8 million dollars, making it the Formula 1 car of ‘ it was the most valuable modern ever sold.

Anello con diamante vivid yellow di 37,50 carati, The Mouwad Empress

Anello con zaffiro di 12,73 carati e diamanti

Coppia di diamanti ovali di 20.03 e 20.19 carati venduti per 4,2 milioni di dollari

Anello di Cartier con diamante di 33,13 carati D Colour, VVS1 Clarity, potential Type IIA, venduto per 2,8 milioni di dollari

Christie’s top jewelery in Geneva

Published on November 15, 2019

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A Colombian rectangular-cut emerald ring, weighing 13.53 carats

Big deals (71.3 million) and big jewels at Christie’s auctions in Geneva. And Graff buys one sapphire for 2.5 million ♦ ︎

Winter is a very hot season for precious gems and beautiful jewels. This is evidenced by Christie’s November auctions in Geneva, which reached a total of 71.3 million dollars (about 64.7 million euros), with an additional 38.6 million Swiss francs for Only Watch, the sale of 50 watches for unique luxury made by the best watch manufacturers for research on Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Christie’s four sales had registered bidders from over 40 countries and 30% were new to Christie. The Magnificent Jewels auction concluded the sales series with a selection of exceptional jewels. The sale reached 55.2 million (50.3 million euros), with a total of 12 lots that sold over 1 million, and 92% of the lots assigned. The magnificent jewels, among other things, are also a cultural event: they attracted over 3 thousand visitors to the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues where they were exhibited.

Asta di Christie's a Ginevra — Asta di Christie’s a Ginevra

Once again, the November week of sales in Geneva attracted buyers from all over the world and this month with a particularly strong contingent from Asia. With a triumphant Only Watch charity auction, including a CHF 31 million Patek Philippe, which established a new world auction record for any timepiece, auctions of jewellery, watches and wine were solid with a strong sell-through rate of above 90%, underlining the successful strategy for Luxury of the leading auction house.
François Curiel, President Christie’s Europe

Anello con diamante fancy deep blue di 7,03 carati montato da Moussaieff

In particular, a 7.03-carat blue rectangular ring with a deep blue patterned VVS2 diamond, mounted by Moussaieff, was sold for 11.6 million dollars, with a price per carat of 1.6 million. It was purchased by a private collector. A cushion-cut diamond, color D, internally impeccable, weighing 46.93 carats was beaten to 3.1 million, while a ring of Harry Winston with rectangular cut diamond, color D, purity VVS2, weight 25.20 carat was awarded 2.5 million dollars. Among the gems, an octagonal cut Burmese sapphire weighing 42.97 carats was purchased by Graff for 2.5 million. Federico Graglia

A Burmese octagonal-cut sapphire, weighing 42.97 carats, Graff

Graff: a Ceylon rectangular-cut sapphire brooch, weighing 39.19 carats, by Cartier

A cushion-cut, D colour, Internally Flawless diamond, weighing 46.93 carats

A pair of pear-shaped, D colour, flawless diamond earrings, weighing 12.71 and 2.07 carats

A pear-shaped, D colour, VS1 clarity diamond, weighing 40.18 carats

A rectangular-cut, D colour, VVS2 clarity diamond ring, weighing 25.20 carats by Harry Winston

A rectangular-cut, fancy light purplish pink, VS2 clarity diamond ring, weighing 32.49 carats

A blue diamond for Christie’s

Published on October 21, 2019

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Blue diamonds, transformable jewels and rare gems at Christie’s auction in Geneva ♦ ︎

Autumn is one of the two moments of the year (the other is late spring) in which the major auctions of great jewelery are held. The Christie’s auction in Geneva, with its Magnificent Jewels, on November 12th presents a series of pieces of great value, but also of simple (and expensive) gems.

The eyes are on a ring with a fancy deep blue diamond of 7.03 carats assembled by Moussaieff, estimated at 7.8 – 10.9 million pounds, and on a diamond ring of 46.93 carats of the highest quality, color D, internally flawless clarity (estimate 2.9 – 3.5 million).

Among the jewels of the catalog shine the transformable jewels, with innovative Art Deco designs by Cartier, including three brooches that were part of the collection of Jane Beatrice Mills, Countess of Granard (1883-1972). Additional items for sale include a superb Cartier Art Deco diamond bandeau, which can also be worn as a crew neck, two bracelets and as a brooch and the iconic diamond necklace by Van Cleef & Arpels.

The auction will also present an unusual Belle Époque brooch in turquoise and diamonds, around 1910, acquired by the Australian soprano Nellie Melba at the height of her career. Among the other prized pieces there are also a pendant with a large 42,97 carat Burmese sapphire, estimated at 1.5 – 2.3 million, an important pair of untreated Colombian emerald earrings of over 7.5 carats each and a ring Burmese ruby red pigeon blood of 3.88 carats.

Orecchini e spilla con turchesi di Pierre Sterlé

Finally, on the sales counter there is also an important series of 119 natural salt water and diamond pearls (estimate 389,000 – 545,000 pounds) and jewelry of the famous designer Pierre Sterlé, considered emblematic of the Fifties and Sixties.
Visits to the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues, Geneva from 7 to 12 November.

Spilla con zaffiro e diamanti di Cartier

Anello con diamante fancy intense blue di 5,23 carati

Bracciale art déco con smalto, smeraldo cabochon e topazi di Georges Fouquet

A pink Moussaieff at top

Published on May 30, 2019

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Diamante rosa di 3,01 carati montato su un anello firmato Moussaieff

A pink diamond ring by Moussaieff has reached the highest price at Christie’s auction in Hong Kong ♦

Hong Kong in pink. Although it weighs only 3.43 carats, a fancy vivid pink diamond mounted on a Moussaieff ring and surrounded by pear-shaped and marquise-shaped white diamonds, jokingly called Bubble Gum Pink, was the most requested jewelry for the sale of Magnificent Jewels in Hong Kong organized by Christie’s, which totaled 44.4 million. The price of the ring was within the estimate: 7.5 million dollars (it was between 6 and 8 million).

The auction included more than 260 lots of rare jewels, including jade ones, as is traditional for sales in the Chinese city. But it was another type of green gem to soar: the Grand Muzos earrings, with untreated Colombian emeralds of 23.34 carats and 23.18 carats with pearls and brilliant-cut diamonds (3.01 carats each) in platinum. Also, in this case, we remained in the valuation fork, with 4.4 million (the estimate was between 3.8 and 6.5 million).

Orecchini con smeraldi a goccia — Orecchini con smeraldi colombiani a goccia

Jade, however, did not disappoint: a jadeite necklace with 47 pearls of green stone of about 13.3-9.8 mm, with an oval cut ruby clasp and circular-cut diamonds and baguette, was awarded for 1.9 million. The Bulgari necklace was also well received with a diamond F, 11.69 carats pear-shaped IF and a brilliant blue-green diamond of 1.02 carat, sold for 1.6 million. No buyer, instead, for a highly anticipated jewel: a brooch with a Kashmir sapphire of 26.41 carats, not heated. It was estimated between 4 and 6.5 million, but found no buyer. Federico Graglia

Collana con diamante a taglio pera di 11,69 carati, diamante a taglio brillante verde da 1,02 carati, a taglio circolare e baguette di Bulgari

Diamante fnacy vivid yellow a taglio rettangolare da 8,13 carati. Venduto per circa 1 milione di dollari

Bracciale di Cartier con diamanti e rubini, venduto per 390.000 dollari