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.
Read more about the diamond and its history on famousdiamonds
From Wikipedia: “The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a German dynasty from Bavaria. Their major principal roles were as Dukes, Electors and Kings of Bavaria (1180-1918), Counts Palatine of the Rhine (1214-1803), Margraves of Brandenburg (1323-1373), Counts of Holland, Hainaut and Zeeland (1345-1432), Elector-Archbishops of Cologne (1583-1761), Kings of Sweden (1654-1720) and Kings of Greece (1832-1862). The family also provided two Holy Roman Emperors.” read more
Other notable jewelry sales from last week:
19.44 carat rectangular-cut diamond ring - $1,034,500
10.28 carat diamond ring - $1,058,500
18K Patek Phillipe wristwatch - $302,500
Patek Philippe watch sold for $475,000
Posted on Aug 1 - Filed Under Jewelry, Miscellaneous | 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)
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