De Beers Blue Blue Diamond
Today, the extraordinary De Beers Blue, a 15.10 step-cut fancy vivid blue diamond, and the largest fancy vivid blue diamond ever offered at auction, sold for an incredible USD 57.5 million.
Sold by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, it ranks among the highest prices ever achieved for any diamonds at auction and setting a significant new benchmark for the diamond market.
Commenting on the sale result, Patti Wong, Chairman of Sotheby’s Asia, says: “The De Beers Blue captivated me from the moment I laid eyes on it. With its powerful vivid color, and breathtakingly beautiful cut, it is truly a once-in-a-generation stone, and quite simply the greatest blue diamond of its size I have ever seen during my 31-year-career at Sotheby’s. We are absolutely delighted that De Beers and Diacore trusted us to present this stone to the international market and its result is a clear confirmation of the growing appreciation, and awareness of the great scarcity of blue diamonds around the world.”
Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers Group, says: “A tremendous result, this diamond ranks as one of the best De Beers has ever seen and we are incredibly proud to join forces with Sotheby’s to share this defining moment in history.”
The step-cut fancy vivid blue diamond weighing 15.10 carats.
Accompanied by GIA report no. 2223179803 stating that the diamond is Fancy Vivid Blue, Internally Flawless; also accompanied by a diamond type classification letter stating that the diamond is determined to be a Type IIb diamond. Type IIb diamonds are very rare in nature (…less than one half of one percent)…today the most significant source is limited to the Cullinan mine in South Africa…Among famous gem diamonds, the 70.21 carat Idol’s Eye and the 45.52 carat Hope are examples of.
The dimension is 17.47 x 11.53 x 7.94 mm
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