The largest internally flawless fancy vivid blue diamond ever put up for auction sold for a staggering $43.8 million at a Christie's sale of rare jewels in Geneva on Tuesday, the auctioneer said.
FILE PHOTO: This photograph taken in Geneva, shows"Bleu Royal", a rare 17,61 carat internally flawless fancy vivid blue pear shaped diamond.The largest internally flawless fancy vivid blue diamond ever put up for auction sold Tuesday for $43.8 million at an auction“The stone made almost $44 million,” said Rahul Kadakia, Christie’s international head of jewelry. The estimated value of the diamond was up to $50 million before the sale.
“It’s a huge amount of money, given what’s going on in the world today.” Max Fawcett, head of Christie’s jewelry department in Geneva said “It really ticked all the boxes, which is why we managed to excite collectors all around the world, all the way from the Far East, also to America,” Fawcett said. “We’re extremely delighted with the result.”
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