If you like rubies, you must tune to Hong Kong, where Christie’s has decided to put on sale on December 1 a super gem. The auction, Magificent Jewels, has in agenda The Crimson Flame, a great Burmese ruby of an exceptional quality, color pigeon blood, of 15 carats. It is the most important ruby of this type offered at auction in Asia. The estimate is 10-15 million dollars. The auction also includes a spectacular array of diamonds, fancy diamonds, gemstones, jadeite and, of course, jewels of the great Maison. “The ruby seems to be the real star of Hong Kong,” said Vickie Sek, vice president and director of Christie’s jewelry department in Asia. Already this spring the red gem had seduced fans in another fiery auction.
As mentioned, the ruby is not the only excellent piece auction: in Christie’s catalog there is the Mogok’s Fiery Red, Fai Dee’s suite, that includes a pigeon blood Burmese ruby and diamond necklace (estimate 6-8 million dollars), a pair of earrings with ruby red blood diamonds (estimate: 2.9-4.1 million dollars), a Fancy Intense Pink diamond of 7.53 carats (estimate: 5.8 to 8.3 millions) and The Afghan Emerald, an extremely rare 10.11 carat emerald ring, with an untreated gem (natural), of impeccable clarity (estimate: 1-1.5millions).
As always at auctions in Asia, there is also a special attention to the jade. For exemple, with a jadeite necklace with a clasp of diamonds by Cartier (estimate: 3.5-4.8millions). Not for sale, however, other jewels in the exhibition with a selection of 30 pieces of one of the most popular designer Wallace Chan, «Dream Light Water». The exhibition will be staged at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and includes the Heritage in Bloom (http://gioiellis.com/heritage-in-bloom-collana-dei-record), a unique necklace with 24 diamonds, D, obtained from the great Cullinan Heritage of 507.55 carats. The largest diamond of necklace, round cut, internally flawless, is 104 carats.