Jewelry14/05/2021 13:47
In Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction in Geneva, The Alrosa Spectacle Diamond , weighing an astonishing 100.94 carats, went under the hammer for US$14,2 million. Total sales during the May auction of 144 lots garnered US$63.8 million Christie s announced.
The emerald-cut, Type IIA, D-Color, Internally Flawless diamond was polished from a 207.29-carat rough gem unearthed in 2016, from the Zarnitsa kimberlite pipe in Yakutia. The diamond is the largest ever manufactured in Russia and took one year and eight months to cut and polish at the ‘Diamonds of ALROSA’ cutting factory in Moscow. The Spectacle s pre-auction estimate was set to be between US$13 million and US$19 million.
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By AFP Published: May 13, 2021 04:13 PM
The necklace of the jewelry set worn by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte s adopted daughter Photo: AFPA jewelry set worn by French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte s adopted daughter sold for $1.65 million in Geneva on Wednesday, soaring way above the pre-auction estimate.
Marking the 200th anniversary of Napoleon s death, Christie s auction house sold the nine imperial jewels adorned with sapphires and diamonds, which were from the collection of his adopted daughter Stephanie de Beauharnais.
Some 38 sapphires from Sri Lanka were used to create the set in the early 1800s.
Offered as separate lots, the jewels had remained in the same family ever since they were offered to Beauharnais on her wedding to Charles, the grand duke of Baden, at the Tuileries Palace in Paris in 1806.
Sapphire-diamond jewellery set once owned by Napoleon s adoptive daughter fetches $3 mn
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Last Updated: May 13, 2021, 06:08 PM IST
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Bids on the imperial consignment far outstripped pre-sale estimates. (In pic: Early 19th-century sapphire and diamond necklace, c. 1800, made with octagonal step-cut sapphires, rose and old-cut diamond, gold, 40.5 cm)
GENEVA: An imperial jewellery sale including a set of sapphire and diamond items that belonged to Napoleon s adoptive daughter fetched nearly $3 million at auction at Christie s in Geneva on Wednesday, as the rare sale of objects directly linked to the French emperor was met with great demand. Bids on the imperial consignment far outstripped pre-sale estimates. There were nine items from the collection of Napoleon s daughter Stephanie de Beauharnais as well as a sapphire crown which previously belonged to Queen Maria II of Portugal.
News A 100.94 carat D-colour IF Spectacle diamond US$14,242,567 at Christie s Geneva Online Auction The Magnificent Jewels auction achieved US$64,062,157, with sell-through rates of 91% by lot and 98% by value. Bidders from 29 countries participated in the auction By: Diamond World News Service
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A 100.94 carat D-colour IF Spectacle diamond US$14,242,567 at Christie s Geneva Online Auction
Christie’s Geneva Spring Luxury Season offered three live sale and two online sales, of which Watches: The Geneva Edit is still open for bidding until 18 May. The running total of the auctions to date is CHF 86,539,955 / $95,193,950 , with the auctions attracting registrants from 50 countries. All five auctioned welcomed new clients and significant participation was not