Sotheby’s New York Jewelry Sale Fetches $8M

An 8.02-carat diamond was the top seller at the latest jewelry auction at Sotheby’s, bringing in $215,900.

The emerald-cut, H-color, VS1-clarity diamond ring beat its upper estimate of $200,000 to take the top spot at the New York Fine Jewels sale, which ended December 7. Two higher-priced pieces, a pear-shaped, 5.01-carat diamond ring by Boucheron and a ring bearing a 0.76-carat, fancy-red diamond, didn’t find buyers. Each of those items was estimated to fetch $200,000 to $300,000.

In total, Sotheby’s garnered $7.9 million at the auction.

Here are the rest of the top five jewels:

Main image: The 8.02-carat diamond ring. (Sotheby’s)