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Christie’s regularly achieves some of the highest prices for jewels at auction. This year it grabbed six spots on the top 10 list, after taking nine of the coveted positions in 2024. Sotheby’s and Poly Auction also made a showing on the list.
Spanning Hong Kong, Geneva, New York, and Abu Dhabi, these jewels fetched some of the highest prices ever seen at auction.
The top 10 most expensive jewels at auction this year:
Presale estimate: $20 million to $30 million
The Mellon Blue, a modified pear brilliant-cut, 9.51-carat, fancy-vivid-blue, VVS1-clarity diamond ring, sold at the Magnificent Jewels sale at Christie’s Geneva on November 11.
Presale estimate: $20 million
A private collector snapped up the unmounted Mediterranean Blue, a cushion modified brilliant-cut, 10.03-carat, fancy-vivid-blue, VS2-clarity diamond, at the May 13 Sotheby’s High Jewelry sale in Geneva.
Presale estimate: HKD 100 million to HKD 150 million ($12.9 million to $19.3 million)
A sapphire and diamond necklace sports 16 antique cushion-shaped Kashmir sapphires weighing 3.43 to 13.37 carats, each framed with variously cut, D- to F-color diamonds of internally flawless to VS1 clarity, totaling 121.81 carats. The necklace took center stage at Christie’s Hong Kong’s November 25 Magnificent Jewels auction.
Presale estimate: $5 million to $7 million
A JAR ring with a pink diamond nabbed the highest price at Magnificent Jewels on June 17 at Christie’s in New York. The piece bears a kite-shaped, 10.38-carat, fancy-purple-pink stone, which is thought to have belonged to Marie Antoinette.
Presale estimate: CHF 4.5 million to CHF 6.5 million ($5.7 million to $8.2 million)
A Boucheron ring featuring an emerald-cut, 6.24-carat, fancy-deep-blue diamond, white diamonds and rubies was the top lot at the May 14 Christie’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale.
Presale estimate: HKD 65 million to HKD 95 million ($8.4 million to $12.2 million)
Called the Regent Kashmir, the ring contains an antique cushion-shaped, 35.09-carat Kashmir sapphire, while the band sports round diamonds. It featured at the Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction in Hong Kong on May 27.
Presale estimate: $5 million to $7 million
Sotheby’s sold the Desert Rose — an unmounted pear-shaped, 31.68-carat, fancy-vivid-orangy-pink, VVS1-clarity diamond — in Abu Dhabi at its December 5 sale, titled Precision & Brilliance: Prestigious Jewels & Watches from an Important Private Collection.
Presale estimate: CHF 4.4 million to CHF 5.8 million ($5.6 million to $7.3 million)
An unmounted oval mixed-cut, 4.50-carat, fancy-vivid-blue, internally flawless diamond secured the prime spot at the Sotheby’s November 12 High Jewelry sale in Geneva.
Presale estimate: HKD 40 million to HKD 60 million ($5.1 million to $7.7 million)
A necklace bearing 43 jadeite beads connected by a ruby and circular-cut diamond clasp took the spotlight at Poly Auction’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels sale on May 1.
Presale estimate: $400,000 to $600,000
A Tiffany & Co. necklace set a world auction record for a Paraiba tourmaline at Christie’s New York. Sporting a triangular modified brilliant-cut, 13.54-carat Paraiba and dripping with round, pear and square-shaped diamonds, the piece led the December 10 Magnificent Jewels auction.
Main image: Some of the top 10 most valuable jewels at auction this year. (Christie’s/Sotheby’s/Poly Auction)
