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The Oppenheimer Blue is a 14.62-carat (2.924 g) vivid blue diamond that in May 2016 became the most expensive jewel ever sold at auction, until April 2017 when it was surpassed by the Pink Star diamond. [1] [2] [3] The diamond was named for its previous owner Philip Oppenheimer. [4] It is cut into a rectangle (emerald cut). [5]
The diamond is the largest cushion-shaped blue stone classified as "fancy vivid" ever to appear at auction. [ 2 ] The "Blue Moon" sale, according to David Bennett, the head of Sotheby's international jewellery division, set a record for the highest-ever price per carat and it made the diamond both the most expensive jewel ever sold at auction ...
At 12.03 carats, it cost the aspiring father-of-the-year — felon status notwithstanding — over $48 million, setting a record for the highest price per carat ever paid for a diamond of any color.
It was again broken in 2016 when the Oppenheimer Blue, a 14.62-carat (2.924 g) vivid blue diamond became the most expensive jewel ever sold at an auction. [19] It is the largest fancy vivid blue diamond classified by the Gemological Institute of America ever sold at auction; it sold at Christie's in Geneva in May 2016 for US$50.6 million.
The world's largest blue diamond, "The De Beers Cullinan Blue" now has a price to match its rarity. It's described as "a once-in-a-generation stone." World's largest blue diamond, 'exceptionally ...
The average American's net worth is $748,800. This figure is arguably not that bad, but it seems downright abysmal when you consider how much some ultra-rich people have paid for material items at...
24.78-carat (4.956 g) A 24.78-carat Fancy Intense Pink diamond and, until the sale of the Sweet Josephine diamond in November 2015, it was the most expensive jewel ever sold at auction. Previously owned by Harry Winston and an unnamed private collector, and bought by Laurence Graff (November 2010). [31] —
The Hope Diamond is a 45.52 carats (9.104 g; 0.3211 oz) diamond that has been famed for its great size since the 18th century. Extracted in the 17th century from the Kollur Mine in Guntur, India, [1] [2] the Hope Diamond is a blue diamond.