Saturday, December 17, 2011

Unique purple diamond sold at auction in April

Brilliant unique lilac over 10 carats going to put up for the April auction auction house Christie's Purple diamond cut "kushon" whose cost is estimated at 12-15 million dollars, put up for auction on the background of strong demand for colored diamonds, reports RIA Novosti reported. These gems are rarely large sizes: less than 10% of them exceed the weight of 0.2 carats, having all the shades of pink palette. "During all my years in the Christie's, I've never seen a diamond so bright and pure colors of this size" - the head of the jewelry department of the auction house Rahul Kadak. Organizers of Trade expects that the emergence of a new gem will become one of the highlights of the year on the market of jewelry. Before the auction, lilac kushon during the presale of the world tour will be exhibited in Geneva, London, Hong Kong and will be unveiled in New York public for three days before the auction, scheduled for April 12. Recall that in December 2009, a bright pink diamond the size of five carats was sold by auction in Hong Kong at a price of 2.1 million dollars per carat, which was an unprecedented record price for diamonds.

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