Jewellery collectors will quickly have a number of uncommon possibilities so as to add a wonderful 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 provided that blue is the rarest shade to seek out in a diamond. What makes these eight vital is that their good hue and even shade distribution make them notably uncommon. What’s extra, 4 of the eight stones have been graded by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) as “fancy vivid”—the best grading for coloured diamonds. The eight diamonds range 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 potential to supply the rarest diamonds on this planet and the persistence and foresight required to assemble a set that transcends rarity and might solely be known as outstanding,” says Bruce Cleaver, CEO of the De Beers Group in a press release.  

Three of the diamonds will probably be provided at public sale earlier than the tip of 2022, whereas the remaining stones will go beneath the hammer at later dates. The De Beers Distinctive Blue 5.53, valued at $11 million to $15 million, will probably be offered 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 beneath 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 provided the geological rarities. The truth is, in April, the home offered 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 gems has by no means been stronger, so we’re completely thrilled to offer the primary diamond of this excellent 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.