Rubies nabbed the top three spots at the most recent jewelry auction at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, where several pieces sold way above their upper estimates.
The top item at the sale was a Mauboussin necklace with tumbled rubies and ruby beads, and brilliant, old European-cut, square and baguette diamonds. It brought in HKD 16 million ($2 million), beating its HKD 11 million ($1.4 million) high price, according to the Sotheby’s website. In total, the September 17 High Jewelry sale raked in HKD 267.5 million ($34.1 million).
Over 180 lots were on offer at the auction, including pieces from well-known design houses such as Cartier, Harry Winston, Chaumet and Kat Florence.
Here are the rest of the top 10:
Sale Price: HKD 12.8 million ($1.6 million)
A pair of earrings featuring two pear-shaped Burmese rubies weighing 5.20 and 5.08 carats, as well as rose-cut diamonds.
Sale Price: HKD 12.8 million ($1.6 million)
A ring with an oval, 5.06-carat Burmese ruby in a pear-shaped and brilliant-cut diamond surround.
Sale Price: HKD 10.5 million ($1.3 million)
A ring with a cushion-cut, 7.52-carat Paraiba tourmaline and brilliant-cut diamonds.
Sale Price: HKD 7.9 million ($1 million)
A pair of Cartier tutti frutti earrings with carved rubies, sapphires and emeralds, as well as brilliant-cut diamonds.
Sale Price: HKD 7.7 million ($978,955)
This ring contains a cushion-shaped, 6.05-carat Burmese ruby in a pear-shaped diamond frame.
Sale Price: HKD 7.2 million ($913,685)
Harry Winston designed these earrings bearing two pear-shaped Colombian emeralds weighing 17.03 and 16.27 carats in a diamond surround.
Sale Price: HKD 5.8 million ($734,207)
A ring with a 20.84-carat sugarloaf sapphire, cabochon sapphires, and baguette and brilliant-cut diamonds.
Sale Price: HKD 5.2 million ($660,859)
This ring has a cushion-shaped, 21.36-carat Tanzanian spinel and brilliant-cut diamonds.
Sale Price: HKD 5.1 million ($652,633)
Van Cleef & Arpels earrings featuring circular-cut and mystery-cut rubies with pear- and marquise-shaped and brilliant-cut diamonds.
