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The Fortune Pink, a big pear-shaped pink diamond, is predicted to herald a fortune of between US$25 million and US$35 million at Christie’s this November.

Weighing in at 18.18 carats, the flamboyant vivid pink diamond is simply barely smaller than the Winston Pink Legacy, an oblong gemstone weighing 18.96 carats that fetched US$50.4 million at a Christie’s public sale in November 2018, setting a world document value per carat.

The Fortune Pink is so named as a result of the mix of numbers 1 and eight “actually interprets to particular prosperity in Asia,” based on Christie’s.

“With its auspicious weight of 18.18 carats this distinctive pink diamond of phenomenal coloration will definitely convey success to its new proprietor,”
Rahul Kadakia,
Christie’s worldwide head of bijou, mentioned in an announcement.

The Fortune Pink might be revealed at Christie’s in New York subsequent week earlier than touring to Shanghai, Taiwan, and Singapore. It will likely be auctioned on Nov. 8 throughout Christie’s “luxurious week” sale in Geneva.

Of all of the diamonds submitted to the Gemological Institute of America for grading, lower than 3% are categorized as coloured diamonds, and fewer than 5% of these are thought-about predominantly pink.

At Sotheby’s, an 11.15-carat fancy vivid pink diamond, referred to as the Williamson Pink Star, might be supplied in Hong Kong on Oct. 7. It carries a presale estimate in extra of HK$170 million (US$21 million).

Sotheby’s in Hong Kong dealt with the sale of the Pink Star, a 59.60-carat fancy vivid oval pink diamond that fetched US$71.2 million in 2017.