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Colored Stones to Lead Sotheby’s Jewelry Sale

July 4, 2023  |  Leah Meirovich
Sothebys jadeite necklace 1280 used 070423

Colorful diamonds and gemstones will star at the upcoming Important Jewels auction at Sotheby’s, with a jadeite, diamond and ruby necklace set to be the top item.

The piece, which contains 46 beads, features a clasp decorated with rose- and brilliant-cut diamonds and calibré-cut rubies. It will carry a high estimate of HKD 18 million ($2.3 million) at the July 12 sale in Hong Kong.

The auction house will also offer jewels by well-known designers, including Tiffany & Co., Harry Winston, Boucheron, and Van Cleef & Arpels.

Here are the other items rounding out the top five:

This necklace has 65 circular-cut Burmese rubies weighing approximately 53.80 carats. Of those, nearly half the gems are considered pigeon’s blood. The piece, which has a high estimate of HKD 12 million ($1.5 million), also contains 50 diamonds weighing 0.30 to 0.90 carats, with D to E color and internally flawless to VS1 clarity.
Sotheby’s has set a HKD 12 million ($1.5 million) high estimate for this ring, which features a radiant-cut, 21.35-carat, fancy-vivid-yellow, VS2-clarity diamond.
A ring bearing a cushion-shaped, 3.70-carat, fancy-intense-green diamond center stone, surrounded by pink and white diamonds, has an upper price tag of HKD 11 million ($1.4 million).
This Tiffany & Co. ring is set with a brilliant-cut, 11.69-carat, D-flawless diamond. It has a high price tag of HKD 11 million ($1.4 million).

Main image: The jadeite, diamond and ruby necklace. (Sotheby’s)

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