2017 has passed without realizing it. I wonder what beautiful jewelry you have bought?
This year's jewelry auction market is gradually regaining vitality, especially the most influential Asian market, and several jewelry stars have been born. Let's take a look at which all of them have led the trend of jewelry investment~
In April, the famous 59.6-carat color pink diamond " Pink Star " was sold at the Hong Kong Sotheby's 2017 spring auction for a total of HK$553 million. The buyer was Zhou Taifu . This price set the world's highest price record for diamond jewelry auctions. It is reported that Chow Taifu Chairman Zheng Jiachun personally took charge of this auction and has named "Pink Star" "Chow Taifu Pink Star" (CTF Pink Star) Star), to commemorate his father, Chow Tai Fook's founder, Cheng Yu-tung, and Chow Tai Fook's 88th anniversary, which is of far-reaching significance. Moreover, this time, Sotheby's Asia Vice Chairman and Jewelry Department Asia Chairman Guo Jinyao also said that "the top ten sold goods are all won by Asian collectors", which also shows that the market is booming.
0 In the Sotheby's Geneva auction held on May 16, two water droplets inlaid blue diamond and pink diamond earrings were successfully sold. The 14.54ct Apollo Blue diamond dropped hammer for US$42.08 million, and the 16ct Artemis Pink pink diamond dropped hammer for US$15.3 million. The total transaction price of the two earrings was as high as US$57.4 million, making it the most expensive pair of earrings in public auctions so far.
Geneva Sotheby's
June 20New York Christie's , a 18.04ct Colombia emerald , which once belonged to the Rockefeller family in the United States, broke another important record, and became the emerald with the highest unit price of carats at a unit price of 305,000 US dollars, equivalent to the unit price of RMB more than 2 million. With such a large size, there are few cracks inside the gem crystal, which finally locked its transaction price at US$5.5 million.
11 On November 28, the 14.93 carata bright pink VVS1 "The Pink Promise" diamond ring was sold for HK$249,850,000 (US$32,163,932), with a single carat price of US$2.15 million, which is comparable to the world auction record of pink diamonds per carat, and is the highest price of jewelry in Asia in Christie's.
On October 2, 2017, the "Bright Jewelry Special" for the 2017 Autumn Fifth Anniversary Celebration Auction of Poly Hong Kong, with an 8.26 carat deep color blue diamond with diamond ring on the form of an inquiry price, starting from HK$90 million, HK$102 million was dropped, and a commission of HK$120.36 million was sold.
Christie's successfully traded 92 carats of D-color flawless "Legend, La Légende" diamond in May auction, with a transaction price of about 14.98 million US dollars, setting a world record for heart-shaped diamonds. The unit price of carats is about 163,000 US dollars, far lower than the same level of D-color flawless diamonds - the unit price of carats is about 283,000 US dollars.
rare Myanmar natural " imperial green " jade egg face with diamond necklace and earring set. This set of necklace and earring set inlaid with twelve jade egg faces and diamonds is a perfect display of the clear and clear top "imperial green" jade. They are round in shape and smooth and plump in the curve. They do not need to be carved too much. They show rich and bright green with a smooth and inclusive connotation. The transaction price is 70.8 million Hong Kong dollars
November 4, 2017, at the auction at Christie's in Geneva, de Grisogono's jewelry inlaid with a D-color flawless diamond weighing 164.41 carats was sold for 33.5 million Swiss francs, writing a new record in the history of auction! The diamond’s raw stone weighs 404 carats and is the largest emerald-cut perfect white diamond in auction history, breaking the record of the highest transaction price of the original D-color flawless diamond at US$30.6 million! In order to live up to this peerless diamond, de Grisogono's jewelry workshop used 14 senior craftsmen and spent 1,700 hours to hand-made it, and finally presented a gorgeous necklace called "Creation I".
April 25, a 34.4ct Colombian emerald with a history of nearly 110 years was auctioned in Sotheby's New York for $996,500.This emerald has been owned by many important jewelry collectors since 1908 and is regarded as a gem with special historical value. In 1908, this emerald was set on a necklace of the 94.80ct pear-shaped diamond "Star of the East" and belongs to the McLean family of the American mining family; in 1912, this emerald was removed and inlaid on a new diamond necklace, bought by Eva Stotesbury, the wife of American banker Edward Stotesbury; in 1943, this emerald was obtained by American jeweler Harry Winston, and was redesigned as a platinum ring to this day.
January 15th Sotheby’s Geneva Jewelry Autumn Auction, Pink Diamond Ring, by Harry Winston, 1970 transaction price: 12.647 million Swiss francs main stone is a 33.63ct step-cut pink diamond, which was identified by GIA to reach the Fancy Light Pink color grade, VVS1 clarity, and is a Type IIa diamond. A stepped cut diamond is inlaid on each side of the main stone.
Everyone should try to choose high-end quality when investing in jewelry. It is not expensive to spend money on the right and worth it! We work hard and make money, just to be more casual when buying things ~
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