Blue Diamond Auctions for $6.4million
Last Updated on Saturday, 10 April 2010 01:00 Written by a2e Saturday, 10 April 2010 01:00
A rare and flawless blue 5.16 carat diamond that was once part of the De Beers Millennium Collection has been sold for $6.4m (£4.2m) at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong.
Auctioneers Sotheby’s had estimated the diamond at between $4.6 million and $5.8 million, it sold to London gem merchant Alisa Moussaieff who said she was satisfied with the price. “It’s an individual thing and people have got to like it and people have got to see the value in it, but we do see the value and I hope our clients will see the value as well,” she said.
Ooverall auction raised $52.4 million, a figure Sotheby’s said was the highest total ever for a sale of this category.
Red Baron’s in Atlanta will hold its next big auction extravaganza the weekend of Mar. 13-14
Last Updated on Monday, 1 March 2010 11:56 Written by a2e Monday, 1 March 2010 11:56
(ATLANTA, Ga.) – An actual flying car built in 1935, an extremely rare Coca-Cola dispensing machine made around 1923, a 4.02-carat brilliant cut diamond ring surrounded in platinum, a 12-foot-long combination boat-car sculptural work and over 2,500 equally dazzling and unusual items will be sold Mar. 13-14 by Red Baron, the Southeast’s premier auction house.
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