'The Rock', the biggest white diamond ever to be sold at auction, will go under the hammer in Geneva on Wednesday and could fetch up to $30 million...
AFP | Fabrice COFFRINI
The Rock, currently in the hands of an unnamed owner from North America, is lot 26 in the sale and could break records at the sale. The Red Cross Diamond is a cushion-shaped, 205.07-carat canary yellow jewel, which has a price estimate of seven to 10 million Swiss francs .A large chunk of the proceeds will be donated to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which is headquartered in Geneva.
The stone was first put up for sale on April 10, 1918 at Christie's in London. It was offered by the Diamond Syndicate in aid of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John.
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