The Autumn sale of Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite was held today at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, which achieved a total of over HK$254 million/ US$32.6million.

We saw today strong prices for white diamonds, coloured diamonds, coloured gemstones and jadeite, all of which featured in the top ten.  Bidding was consistent both from Asian collectors, as well as from international buyers. We were particularly pleased with the important Fancy Intense Blue Emerald-cut Diamond Ring from an Asian Private Collector, which topped the auction today and for which over 5 bidders competed. This stone achieved the highest price for a Fancy Intense Blue diamond at auction in Asia, reaching HK$43.8 million/ US$5.6 million, just short of the record price per carat for a Fancy Intense Blue diamond. A rare and auspicious 28.88-carat D-colour Flawless Round Brilliant-cut Diamond was fought over by six bidders, realising HK$36.5 million/ US$4.7 million - in excess of the high estimate.

Another highlight was the Important and Rare Kashmir Sapphire and Diamond Ring, 18.08 carats, which achieved HK$11.7 million/ US$1.5 million – a record for a Kashmir Sapphire sold at auction in Asia.    

Diamonds found healthy support today with our bidders, with particular strength for Round Brilliant-cut stones.  We were also pleased at the level of bidding from Mainland Chinese clients, who were active throughout the sale, and featured strongly in the top ten.

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