High value diamond auctions of 2008
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High value diamond auctions of 2008
by Mark
18 notable high value diamond auctions of 2008 by Sotheby auction house.
Some of the notable high value
diamond sold this year by Sotheby
auction house. The original buyers
of these exclusive pieces of diamond
jewelry is mostly unknown.
1. Fancy Intense Yellow Diamond
Pendant, sold for 1.83 Million USD, on Apr 2008 by Sotheby auction
2. 19TH CENTURY FANCY LIGHT
BROWN DIAMOND AND DIAMOND NECKLACE
sold for 1.34 Million USD, on Apr
2008 by Sotheby auction.
3. 19.86 Carat Diamond Ring
sold for 1.046 Million USD on Dec 09
– ’08, by
Sotheby auction.
4. 2 round diamonds weighing
10.05 and 10.03 carats, within
simple platinum mountings sold for
1.7 million USD on Apr 08, by
Sotheby.
5. The articulated necklace
composed of forty-three pear-shaped
diamonds together weighing 91.02
carats, mounted in platinum sold for
5.4 million USD on Apr 08 by
Sotheby
6. Claw-set with a pear-shaped
diamond weighing 20.09 carats sold
for 1.2 Million USD on May 08 by Sotheby auction.
7. Diamond weighing 34.07
carats sold for 5.7 million on Oct
’08.
8. Pink diamond weighing 4.45
carats, with yellow diamonds
approximately 2.50 carats sold for
2.01 million USD by Sotheby on Apr
2008
9. Oval diamond weighing 10.08
carats, flanked on each side by a
baguette diamond, mounted in
platinum sold for 1.671 Million USD
on Oct 7th 2008 by Sotheby auction.
10. Yellow diamond weighing
13.11 carats, flanked by two
pear-shaped diamonds together
weighing 1.47 carats sold for 1.595
Million USD on 10th April 2008 by Sotheby auction.
11. Diamond weighing 10.01
carats sold for 1.351 Million USD on
April 2008 by Sotheby auction
12. Pear-shaped diamond
weighing 8.88 carats, within a
support set with brilliant-cut
diamonds for 1.325 Million USD on
Oct 2008 by
Sotheby auction.
13. Oval shape deep blue
diamond weighing 2.01 carats, with
brilliant-cut diamonds extending to
the shank sold for 1.14 Million USD
on April 2008, by Sotheby auction
14. Vivid blue pear-shaped
diamond weighing 3.73 carats, set
between pear-shaped stone shoulders
sold for 4.95 Million USD on May
2008, details
here.
15. The emerald-cut diamond
weighing 24.42 carats sold for 3.6
Million USD by
Sotheby on Apr 2008.
16. Vivid purplish pink oval
diamond weighing 5.06 carats, within
a surround of pear-shaped stones,
mounted in platinum sold for 2.55
Million USD on May 2008.
17. The fancy pink pear-shaped
diamond weighing 8.02 carats flanked
by similarly-shaped stones sold for
1.321 Million USD by
Sotheby on Nov 2008.
18. Ring with intense yellow
cushion modified brilliant-cut
diamond weighing 40.74, on a plain
yellow gold mount sold for 1.04
Million USD on 15h May 2008. Details
here.
