Christie's Sells 9.14-Ct Fancy Vivid Pink Pear-Shaped Diamond for $18.2M

(IDEX Online) – Christie's concluded its 250th anniversary season in Geneva with The Magnificent Jewels sale which generated sales of $97,117,588.

The top lot was a fancy vivid pink pear-shaped diamond of 9.14 carats, achieving the second highest price for a pink pear-shaped diamond sold at auction at $18,174,631, or $2,000,000 per carat.

The revival of the Parisian 18th century Boehmer et Bassenge haute joaillerie house saw two spectacular lots offered, establishing a new record price for a pair of earrings sold at auction 17,567,500 Swiss francs, and 8,327,500 Swiss francs for a D color diamond necklace, entitled Le Jardin d’Isabelle.

The third piece made by the house – another pair of earrings with the main D-color flawless diamonds weighing 11 carats each - will be sold in Hong Kong on November 29.

Another highlight was an Art Déco ruby and diamond bracelet by Van Cleef & Arpels which sold for $1,294,857, four times its pre-sale estimate

Overall 35 lots sold for more than $1 million throughout 2016 with the top three lots being:

• The Oppenheimer Blue, a rectangular-cut, fancy vivid blue diamond weighing 14.62 carats, sold for $57.5 million in May 2016, setting the auction record for the most expensive jewel ever sold at auction

• A pear-shaped, fancy vivid pink diamond, weighing 9.14 carats, sold for $18,174,631 in November 2016

• Miroir de l’Amour, a pair of pear-shaped D color flawless diamond earrings, weighing 52.55 and 50.47 carats, by Boehmer et Bassenge, selling for $17,613,175, setting a new world auction record for a pair of earrings