Auction market: high-quality diamonds and precious stones

On New York's Sotheby's auction on Tuesday was sold jewelry at $ 29 million.
To remain anonymous private Asian buyer spent $ 5.3 million on a pair of diamond earrings from internally flawless diamonds emerald-cut D, one of which weighs 20.29 carats, and other - 20.02 carats. Preliminary estimate for this product ranges from $ 4.5 to $ 5.5 million.
Five of the proposed lots in the auction have collected seven figures, according to Sotheby's. Suspension from internally flawless pink diamond pear-cut diamond weighing 11.19 carats sold for $ 2.4 million, or $ 215,594 per carat. Another fancy gray-blue diamond emerald cut diamond weighing 5.07 carats VVS2 purity went under the hammer for $ 1.6 million, or $ 310,158 per carat.
Emerald diamond ring "Stotsberi» (Stotesbury), created by Harry Winston, was sold for $ 996 500. The whereabouts of the Colombian emerald ring weighing 34.40 carats was formerly known since 1971, when it last appeared at auction Sotheby's, said the company reported.
"Today's excellent results cover each of the categories, which in recent seasons ensures the growth of the auction market: high-quality diamonds and precious stones, signed and historical jewels, as well as products with a known origin," - said Geri Shuler (Gary Schuler), head of the division Sotheby's on sale of jewelry in North and South America.