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A vibrant red diamond that has been nicknamed “The Fortune Pink” goes up on the market at a Christie’s International public sale and insiders consider it might fetch as much as $35 million.
The British public sale home is website hosting a Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale in Switzerland on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the place creditors will position bids on The Fortune Pink and different high-quality jewels, in keeping with a Christie’s press unlock.
The Fortune Pink is an 18.18-carat pear-shaped vibrant red diamond and jewellery professionals at Christie’s estimate that it’s value between $25 million and $35 million.
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“After The Rock, a 228-carat diamond sold this May in Geneva, Christie’s is proud to present The Fortune Pink, the largest pear-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond offered for sale at auction,” Rahul Kadakia, the pinnacle of bijou at Christie’s International, mentioned in a remark.
A hand fashion holds the 18.18-carat vibrant red diamond that is been nicknamed “The Fortune Pink,” which might fetch as much as $35 million at Christie’s International public sale in Geneva, Switzerland. The diamond seems to be higher than an ordinary human thu (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse / Reuters Photos)
“With its auspicious weight of 18.18 carats this exceptional pink diamond of phenomenal color will certainly bring good fortune to its new owner,” Kadakia persisted.
The Fortune Pink has been on show in Switzerland on the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva and Tuesday can be its ultimate day for public viewing, in keeping with a Christie’s press unlock.
Previously, the Fortune Pink have been exhibited at Christie’s New York in October and it was once later exhibited all over Asia in Shanghai, Taiwan and Singapore.
The Fortune Pink isn’t the biggest vibrant red diamond that Christie’s has put it on the market.
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The greatest was once The Winston Pink Legacy, an 18.96-carat fancy vibrant red cut-cornered rectangular-cut diamond, which offered for $50.37 million all through a Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale in November 2018, in keeping with Christie’s.
Christie’s additionally offered The Sakura, a fifteen.81-carat fancy vibrant purple-pink cushion mixed-cut diamond, for $29.28 million in May 2021, and The Pink Promise, a 14.93-carat fancy vibrant red oval-shaped diamond, for $32.16 million in November 2017; either one of which have been offered all through Christie’s annual Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels sale.
Max Fawcett, the pinnacle of Christie’s jewellery division in Geneva, instructed Reuters that it’s been “a long time” because the public sale space has observed a “true vivid pink” gem that’s “clean.”
A fashion holds up The Fortune Pink diamond, which seems to be a middle stone on a white diamond ring, forward of Christie’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale. The massive red diamond weighs 18.18 carats and appears to be across the dimension of a human eye. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse / Reuters Photos)
“The color is exceptional,” Fawcett instructed the scoop outlet. “The diamond weighs 18.18 carats, which is of course an extremely fortuitous number for Asian collectors. We’ve had a huge amount of interest around the world already.”
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The Fortune Pink reportedly got here from a very powerful non-public assortment, in keeping with the stone’s are living public sale profile on Christie’s web site.
Other stones which have been post for public sale at this 12 months’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale come with the Exceptional Graff Diamond Ring, a 41.36-carat sq. emerald-cut diamond; the Impressive Unmounted Diamond, a 101.27-carat changed defend brilliant-cut diamond; and the Henri Picq Art Deco Diamond Earrings, a couple of changed pear brilliant-cut diamond earrings that measured at 15.39 and 14.85 carats.
The Fortune Pink is a pear-shaped vibrant red diamond that weighs 18.18 carats. It reportedly comes from a very powerful jewellery assortment. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse / Reuters Photos)
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Seventy-one items of bijou have been post for public sale all through Christie’s sale, in keeping with a web-based stock checklist tied to the Geneva Magnificent Jewels are living public sale on Christies.com.
