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Fancy-colored diamonds such as the deep-blue Hope Diamond are among the most valuable and sought-after diamonds in the world. In 2009, a 7-carat (1.4 g) blue diamond fetched the then highest price per carat ever paid for a diamond when it was sold at auction for 10.5 million Swiss francs (US$9.5 million at the time) which is in excess of US$1.3 ...
The Blue Moon of Josephine is a 12.03 carats (2.406 g) blue diamond, described as flawless by experts, that was discovered in South Africa in January 2014 and was sold at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva in November 2015 at a record-setting price of $48.4 million (43.2 million Swiss francs plus fees). [1]
The Winston Blue is the name given to what was the largest flawless vivid blue diamond [1] [4] [5] bought by Harry Winston, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of The Swatch Group from January 2013) on May 15, 2014, from an anonymous person for $23.8 million at Christie's Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale. The approximately $1.8003 million per carat ...
In contrast to yellow or brown hues, diamonds of other colors are more rare and valuable. While even a pale pink or blue hue may increase the value of a diamond, more intense coloration is usually considered more desirable and commands the highest prices. A variety of impurities and structural imperfections cause different colors in diamonds ...
The Wittelsbach diamond, before being recut by Graff. The original Wittelsbach Diamond, also known as Der Blaue Wittelsbacher, [3] was a 35.56-carat (7.112 g) fancy, deep, greyish-blue diamond with VS2 clarity that had been part of both the Austrian and the Bavarian Crown jewels. [4] Its colour and clarity had been compared to the Hope Diamond ...
5. Production Stopped During World War II. Like so many products, Hershey's Kisses were affected by the war effort — in this case, because foil was being rationed. Hershey instead used its ...
On "Antiques Roadshow" we took a trip back to 1998 when a woman brought in a gorgeous diamond and ruby jewelry collection she inherited from her great aunt, who was married to a congressman back ...
The baby of the Cullinan collection is a relatively teeny, tiny pear-shaped solitaire weighing a mere 4.39 carats, which Queen Mary had set in a ring—sightings of the diamond have been rare. You ...