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Christie’s sold a multi-gem ring featuring a 14.26-carat yellow diamond for HKD 1.5 million ($194,470) at its recent auction in Hong Kong.
The piece features a round brilliant-cut, 14.26-carat, fancy-light-yellow, VVS2-clarity diamond with round tsavorite garnets, colored diamonds and white diamonds. It fetched more than five times its HKD 280,000 ($35,730) high estimate at the Magnificent Jewels: Online sale, according to the auction house’s website.
In total, the sale raked in HKD 27.7 million ($3.5 million). The auction included colored diamonds and gemstones, as well as jewels from famous designers such as Bulgari, Chanel, and Van Cleef & Arpels.
Here are the rest of the top five jewels:
Estimate: HKD 600,000 to HKD 800,000 ($76,563 to $102,084)
A pair of diamond earrings features heart brilliant-cut diamonds, one a 5.09-carat, G-color, VS2 and the other a 5.20-carat, H, VVS2 diamond.
Estimate: HKD 500,000 to HKD 800,000 ($63,803 to $102,084)
A ring centering a cushion-shaped, 6.99-carat Madagascar padparadscha sapphire between two half-moon diamonds, with round diamonds on the band.
Estimate: HKD 15,000 to HKD 25,000 ($1,914 to $3,190)
A necklace sporting a Burmese jadeite, suspended from variously cut diamonds, made more than 38 times its high estimate.
Estimate: HKD 500,000 to HKD 800,000 ($63,803 to $102,084)
A Bulgari ring bearing a pear mixed-cut, 5.26-carat, fancy-intense-yellow, VS2 diamond between tapered baguette-cut diamonds.
Main image: The multi-gem ring featuring a 14.26-carat yellow diamond. (Christie’s)
