Blue diamond prices break the record
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
Blue diamonds are considered to be without a defect have been sold for $ 7.98 million and became the most expensive gemstone per carat sold at auction.
The stone was purchased by Moussaieff Jewellers jewelry maker of London from a collector from Sotheby’s auction of Asia in Hong Kong.
Auction for precious stones 6.04 carat lasted for eight minutes. The stone sold $ 1.32 million per carat, deep beat the record of $ 926,000 per carat.
The highest price previously was held by a red diamond sold in New York 20 years ago.
”The auction runs fast and tight because it is not every day you can buy a diamond like this,”said Quek Chin Teow, head of jewelry Southeby’s Asian.
”If you look at this stone, this stone sing,”he said. Slaughtering”beautiful.”
Demand will continue to increase among the colored diamond jewelry collectors in Europe, America, and Asia.
Blue diamonds are usually found at the Premier Mine in South Africa.
The auction in Hong Kong yesterday worth a total of $ 40.8 million.
One other precious stones belong to the American songwriter Irving Berlin sold $ 2.64 million.
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