A rose diamond auctioned in London by Bonhams sets a sales record per carat ♦ ︎
Small is nice and quite expensive. The pink is certainly the color of autumn 2018. Waiting for the pink diamond of 19 carats that will be auctioned by Christie’s, in Geneva, it’s record for a diamond fancy pink diamond, clarity VS1, weighing 5.03 carats. The stone has set the new auction world record at Bonhams in London. The record is that of price per carat: 583,551 dollars, for a total of 2.5 million euros. In this particular race the previous record was held by Sotheby’s, which in Geneva in May 2016 had sold a pink diamond at 528,021 dollars per carat.
It’s a record that brings prestige to the London auction house:
Un record che porta lustro alla casa d’aste londinese:
“We were honored to have been chosen to offer this magnificent pink diamond to our customers and we were delighted to see how much the sale has done,” commented Emily Barber, director of Bonhams UK jewelry. “This is due to a number of factors: its size – it is extremely rare to see a rose over five carats on the market today; its uniform color saturation and its extraordinarily elegant cut. Large pink diamonds continue to increase in value year after year. They are highly desirable for demanding collectors, given their rarity and limited supply. A diamond like this would surely be one of the most precious pieces in an important collection of jewels “.
In the same auction, worthy of mention is a parure of diamonds and emeralds with necklace, earrings and ring sold for 740,000 euros and a rivière necklace by Cartier beaten for 361,000 euros. In total, the sale of jewels yielded 8.3 million euros, with 89% of the lots sold. Federico Graglia
