The Fortune Pink, a pear-shaped vivid pink diamond weighing 18.18 carat, might fetch between US$25 million and US$35 million at public sale.
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The Fortune Pink, a big pear-shaped pink diamond, is anticipated 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 flowery 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 worth 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,” in line with Christie’s.
“With its auspicious weight of 18.18 carats this distinctive pink diamond of phenomenal colour will definitely convey luck to its new proprietor,”
Rahul Kadakia,
Christie’s worldwide head of jewellery, stated in an announcement.
The Fortune Pink will likely be revealed at Christie’s in New York subsequent week earlier than touring to Shanghai, Taiwan, and Singapore. Will probably 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 labeled 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, will likely 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.
