The recent auction of jewelry, organized by the auction house Bonhams in New York, collected revenue of about $ 6.3 million, while 85% of the lots were sold. The most expensive lot at the end of the auction was a ring with diamonds and Kashmir sapphire oval-cut 5.85 carats, which went under the hammer for $ 461,000, Rapaport reports. According to the auction house, for this lot was actively fighting participants over the phone, and its final price more than four times the pre-auction estimate.
Among the leading lots, a light pink pear-shaped cut diamond weighing 8.06 carats, sold for $ 389,000, as well as a ring of 18-carat gold and 8.45-carat platinum, sold for $ 293,000 (three times the pre-auction estimate) .
Susan Abeles, head of jewelry at Bonhams in the US, said: "We are very pleased with the results of the trades on October 17, which demonstrated the high interest of market participants in sapphires of various origins."