Christie’s is set to highlight two jewels featuring colored diamonds at its upcoming Hong Kong jewelry sale, including a blue-diamond ring estimated to bring in up to HKD 80 million ($10 million).
The ring bears a marquise brilliant-cut, 5.02-carat, fancy-deep-blue, internally flawless center stone, flanked by trilliant-cut white diamonds. The lot will go up for sale at the first Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels auction to take place at the company’s new location in The Henderson on October 29, it said Wednesday.
In total, the auction house expects the 124-lot offering to fetch at least HKD 411.1 million ($51.4 million), it noted. Along with a bevy of colored diamonds and gemstones, Christie’s will offer pieces by well-known designers, including Cartier, Wallace Chan, Boghossian, Tiffany & Co., and Harry Winston.
Here are the rest of the top 10 pieces:
Each earring in this pair, called The Oriental Sunrise, contains an oval mixed-cut, fancy-vivid-orange-yellow diamond, one weighing 12.20 and the other 11.96 carats, as well as white diamonds. They are expected to sell for up to HKD 80 million ($10 million). A necklace featuring 26 oval-shaped Burmese rubies ranging from 1.27 to 5.38 carats and pear and marquise-shaped, D- to F-color diamonds from 1 to 1.21 carats will go on the auction block. It carries a high estimate of HKD 60 million ($7.8 million). Cartier created this ring, with a marquise brilliant-cut, 4.39-carat, fancy-vivid-blue, SI2-clarity diamond center stone and baguette and round diamonds. It has a high price tag of HKD 35 million ($4.5 million). This rivière necklace contains 51 round brilliant-cut, D-flawless diamonds ranging from 1 to 6.02 carats, for a total of 100.05 carats. The piece is estimated to fetch up to HKD 28 million ($3.6 million). A bangle by designer Etcetera with an octagonal step-cut, 38.51-carat Colombian emerald and diamonds has an upper estimate of HKD 28 million ($3.6 million).Etcetera also created these earrings, with drop-shaped, 41.16- and 39.24-carat Colombian emeralds and cabochon Colombian emeralds weighing 5.30 and 3.99 carats. It has a presale estimate of HKD 25 million ($3.2 million). This ring, by Boghossian, has a cushion-shaped, 6.24-carat Burmese ruby, surrounded by diamonds. It is expected to go for HKD 25 million ($3.2 million). A collection of jewels comprising a ring and earrings, with heart-shaped Burmese rubies weighing 5.06, 2.55 and 2.45 carats, as well as heart brilliant-cut, round and pear-shaped diamonds, has an upper price tag of HKD 18 million ($2.3 million).Another Cartier lot, a pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings, is set to go on the block with a high estimate of HKD 15 million ($1.9 million).
Main image: The blue diamond ring. (Christie’s)
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