The Annenberg Diamond – 32-carat square emerald-cut diamond sold for $7,698,500
Posted on Oct 22 - Filed Under Jewelry | View Comments
Just in: The Annenberg Diamond by David Webb was sold for $7,698,500 at Christie’s New York Jewelry auction today.
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A Diamond Pendant by Harry Winston
Posted on Apr 25 - Filed Under Jewelry | View Comments
It was all about diamonds this time at Christie’s and Sotheby’s jewelry auction events on the 22nd and 23rd of April (respectively).
Christie’s produced a few million-dollar sales including a diamond pendant by Harry Winston that was sold for $986,500 including buyer’s premium. See below:
The Pearl Carpet of Baroda sold at Sotheby’s for over $5 million
Posted on Mar 24 - Filed Under Antiquities | View Comments
Sotheby’s recently sold one of the most exquisite carpets for $5,458,500 in Doha on March 19. As the catalog note says: “The Pearl Carpet of Baroda is an extraordinary work of art that is a true testament to the wealth, sophistication, and grandeur of the legendary courts of the maharajas as well as an extant example of the fabled riches of India.”
Hold your breath: This legendary carpet is made of approximately 1.2-1.5 million pearls and around 2,500 table cut and occasional rose cut diamonds. The total estimated weight of the pearls is 30,000 carats and the diamonds are estimated to be 350-400 carats in total, all set in silver topped gold or possibly blackened gold.
Below are a few pictures. For high resolution, zoomable view please visit the image viewer on Sotheby’s website
Portero.com raises more VC funding for luxury auction website
Posted on Feb 19 - Filed Under Jewelry, Miscellaneous, Technology | View Comments
New York based Portero.com has raised $6.6 million in VC funding. The Series B round was led by LFE Capital. Portero.com provides a luxury marketplace and auction site for authenticated luxury items from hundreds of brands since 2004. Categories include jewelry, watches, accessories and fine housewares. Portero’s emphasize is placed on the value-add provided by their authentication process and the all-inclusive consignment process including: research, pricing, professional photography, description write-up payment, shipping and finalizing the sale of your items. As an example, see below the most expensive jewelry currently listed with active bids:
Oscar Heyman Platinum Emerald-Cut 10.54 ctw Diamond Clip Earrings
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Wittelsbach diamond breaks world records
Posted on Dec 13 - Filed Under Jewelry | View Comments
During Christie’s “Jewels: The London Sale” event on December 10, the historic Wittelsbach diamond was sold for a astonishing £16,393,250 ($24,311,191) and became the most expensive diamond and most expensive jewelry ever sold at an auction.
According to Christie’s, the 35.56ct diamond (sometimes just referred as the Wittelsbach) was purchased by the leading international jeweller Laurence Graff, bidding against Aleks Paul of Essex Global Trading.
Rectangular-cut 28.82 carat diamond ring sells for $1,098,340
Posted on Nov 20 - Filed Under Jewelry | View Comments
This ring was recently sold in Geneva by Christie’s for CHF1,323,000 ($1,098,340)
From the lot note:
“Set with a rectangular-cut diamond weighing 28.82 carats, to the triangular-shaped diamond shoulders, mounted in platinum, ring size 6. Accompanied by report no. 17465770 dated 17 July 2008 from the GIA Gemological Institute of America stating that the diamond is I colour, VVS2 clarity ”
Patek Philippe watch sold for $475,000
Posted on Aug 1 - Filed Under Jewelry, Miscellaneous | View Comments
The Patek Philippe watch below was sold for “only” half a million dollars, so it’s a little bit short of our usual selection criteria, but nevertheless, this is one of the most expensive Patek Philippe I’ve ever seen and in its category, this sale event certainly worth mentioning.
It is a platinum automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch with retrograde date and phases of the moon. The Patek Philippe No.1908044 Ref.5013P was launched in 1992 and is one of the most complex wristwatches ever made by Patek Philippe with a total of 515 parts.
The watch was sold for 241,250 GBP ($475,817)
Other recent, interesting, high-end sales in their respective category at Sotheby’s auction include:
Emerald and diamond braclet by Tiffany & Co was sold for 145,250 GBP (~$287,000)
1990 Chateau Petrus red Bordeaux wine from Pomerol, France was sold for 23,000 GBP (~$45,000)
Chopard Super Ice Cube
Posted on Jun 19 - Filed Under Jewelry | View Comments
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The Chopard Super Ice Cube timepiece exhibits 60 carat of diamonds and retails for approximately GBP 639 320 ($1,259,000)
Chopard, a Swiss jewelry and watch maker founded by Louis-Ulysse Chopard in 1860, is now owned by the Scheufele family. Besides their 100+ years of producing high quality and beautiful time pieces and jewelry, Chopard is also known for the current design of the Goldan Palm award of the Cannes film festival and being one of the ongoing sponsor of the event.
See also our post about the Humblot Big Bang
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