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THE OPPENHEIMER BLUE DIAMOND- $ 57.5 MILLION
THE BLUE MOON $ 48.5 MILLION
GRAFF DIAMOND $ 46 MILLION
Described as one of the‘ rarest diamonds in the World’ the Oppenheimer Blue is the largest Fancy Vivid Blue diamond ever sold at auction. This rare rectangular-cut stone, which weighs 14.62 carats, previously belonged to Sir Philip Oppenheimer, who hails from the opulent De Beers family and sold within 25 minutes – a record time for any jewel sold at auction. Blue diamonds of this type are extremely rare and are formed when boron becomes trapped within the lump of compressed carbon.
Discovered in the De Beers South African Cullinan mine in 2014, this 12.03 carat cushion-shaped flawless blue diamond was originally named the‘ Blue Moon’ diamond. Described as“ internally flawless” by the Gemological Institute of America, it took New York jeweller Cora International six months to painstakingly cut and polish the raw stone. Sold at Sotheby’ s, Geneva on it was purchased by Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau, who went on to rename it“ The Blue Moon of Josephine” in honour of his seven-year old daughter.
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PRINCIE DIAMOND- $ 39.3MILLION
This 24.78-carat, emerald-cut diamond was owned by Harry Winston, beautifully mounted on a platinum ring this Fancy Intense Pink stone was sold at auction in 2010 and purchased by Laurence Graff the legendary diamond collector known as the“ King of Bling. Upon purchasing it Graff unveiled major plans to make this already beautiful ring even more beautiful. After weeks of meticulous work and repolishing, the Graff Pink Diamond was unveiled, slightly reduced in carat size to 23.88 carat the stone was upgraded as an Internally Flawless Vivid Pink Diamond and is now classed as priceless
In April 2013, when Christie’ s New York City sold this rare pink diamond to an anonymous buyer, its lofty price made it the second-most expensive jewel ever sold at auction. Discovered some 300 years ago in India’ s Golconda mines, the 34.65-carat stone once belonged to an Indian prince in Hyderabad. It was named“ Princie” centuries later, after a young European guest at a Van Cleef & Arpels party in Paris in 1960.
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ORANGE DIAMOND- $ 35.5 MILLION
Thought to be the largest fancy-vivid orange diamond ever to exist,‘ The Orange’ as it is known is an extremely rare 14.82-carat pear-shaped stone which sold at auction Christies Geneva in 2013 to an unnamed bidder. Pure orange diamonds, also known as“ fire diamonds,” are exceptionally rare in nature to put this into perspective‘ The Orange’ is more than double the weight of any Fancy Vivid Orange diamond that has come to auction in modern times. The previous orange diamond record holder,“ The Pumpkin Diamond,” a 5.54-carat modified cushion-cut gem sold for $ 1.3 million in 1997.
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