A yellow diamond weighing 21.27 carats will lead an upcoming jewelry sale at Doyle, where it is set to fetch up to $500,000.
The cut-cornered step-cut emerald-cut, fancy-intense-yellow, VS1-clarity diamond stone, set in a ring, is surrounded by four trapezoid- and baguette-shaped diamonds, according to Doyle. The piece will be among the 243 lots on offer at the December 12 Important Jewelry auction in New York.
The sale will showcase pieces from famed design houses such as Bulgari, Cartier, Verdura, David Webb, Harry Winston, Tiffany & Co., and Van Cleef & Arpels. It will also include three private collections: those of philanthropist and socialite Carolyn Pesnell Amory, New York socialite and animal welfare supporter Joanne B. Breyer, and art connoisseur and jewelry collector Joanne duPont Foster.
Here are some of the other top lots featured in the auction:
Bearing a cut-cornered emerald-cut, 15.76-carat, E-color, VS1-clarity diamond flanked by two baguette diamonds, this ring is estimated to fetch between $300,000 and $500,000.From the Joanne B. Breyer collection, this pear-shaped, 6.97-carat, F-color, VS1-clarity diamond set between two tapered baguette diamonds was designed by Harry Winston and carries a price tag of $120,000 to $180,000.This round, 7.01-carat, I-color, VS1-clarity diamond with baguette diamond side stones has a high estimate of $120,000.A round-cut, 6.02-carat, G-color, VS2-clarity diamond and silver ring could achieve up to $120,000.A ring from the Carolyn Pesnell Amory collection with a square cut-cornered modified brilliant-cut, 10.53-carat, fancy-intense-yellow, VS2-clarity diamond center stone shouldered by two trillion-cut diamonds is estimated to bring in as much as $120,000.A Harry Winston bracelet adorned with 12 round, 12 marquise and 72 pear-shaped diamonds totaling 42 carats has a high estimate of $120,000.
Main image: The 21.27-carat yellow-diamond ring. (Doyle)
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