Jewellery collectors will quickly have a number of uncommon probabilities so as to add an attractive blue diamond to their vaults.

Beginning this fall, Sotheby’s will public sale off eight blue diamonds from luxurious jeweler De Beers. The group, known as the De Beers Distinctive Blue Assortment, was sourced from South Africa’s famend Cullinan mine, and is spectacular on condition that blue is the rarest coloration to search out in a diamond. What makes these eight vital is that their good hue and even coloration distribution make them notably uncommon. What’s extra, 4 of the eight stones had been graded by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) as “fancy vivid”—the best grading for coloured diamonds. The eight diamonds fluctuate in form and measurement, starting from a 1.2-carat oval form to an 11.29-carat step-cut. Altogether, they weigh greater than 32 carats. The whole assortment is valued at over $70 million. 

“The magnificent De Beers Distinctive Blue Assortment stands as a testomony to De Beers’ distinctive capacity to supply the rarest diamonds on the earth and the endurance and foresight required to assemble a group that transcends rarity and may solely be known as exceptional,” says Bruce Cleaver, CEO of the De Beers Group in a press release.  

Three of the diamonds can be supplied at public sale earlier than the top of 2022, whereas the remaining stones will go below the hammer at later dates. The De Beers Distinctive Blue 5.53, valued at $11 million to $15 million, can be bought throughout Sotheby’s Magnificent and Nobles Jewels public sale in Geneva on November 9. The Distinctive Blue 3.24 ($5 million to $8 million) and the Distinctive Blue 2.08 ($1.2 to $1.5 million) will go below the hammer in the course of the Magnificent Jewels in public sale in New York on December 7.

This isn’t the primary time Sotheby’s has supplied the geological rarities. In truth, in April, the home bought a 15.10 carat De Beers blue diamond at public sale for a gob-stopping $57.5 million.

“The marketplace for coloured diamonds and valuable gem stones has by no means been stronger, so we’re completely thrilled to offer the primary diamond of this very good assortment,” says Olivier Wagner, Head of Sotheby’s magnificent jewels public sale in Geneva, in a press release.

Make room in your jewellery field—and name your accountant.