Diamond Solitire Highlights New York Fine Jewelry Auction
Last Updated on Monday, 10 May 2010 03:21 Written by a2e Monday, 10 May 2010 03:21
An impressive diamond solitaire ring will be of great interest to bidders at Bonhams auction on June 16th The cover lot of the sale it features a rectangular-cut diamond, weighing 10.32 carats. The diamond has extremely desirable proportions and is a coveted shape and size for admirers of emerald-cut diamonds. Accented by a surround of baguette-cut diamonds and accompanied by GIA report stating F color, VVS1 clarity, the ring carries an estimate of $550,000-650,000.
Also certain to attract collectors is a pair of diamond pendant earrings, each suspending a marquise-cut diamond, weighing 3.34 and 3.03 carats. The lot is accompanied by GIA reports stating the 3.34 carat diamond as F color, VS clarity and the 3.03 carat diamond as E color, SI1 clarity. Estimated at $50,000-60,000 the eye-catching piece is further accentuated by a micro-pavé diamond surround and surmount.
A circa 1935, late art deco diamond and emerald strap bracelet is cause for excitement. Designed as three openwork panels, each centers a marquise-shaped diamond within a rectangular surround of smaller marquise, baguette and old European-cut diamonds. Accented by calibré-cut emeralds, the striking piece is estimated at $30,000-50,000.
Highly anticipated is a cultured pearl and diamond necklace by Bulgari. With the collar designed as a series of multiple twin-line sections of pavé-set, round brilliant-cut diamonds and round cultured pearl borders, it carries an estimate of $25,000-35,000. Other lots expected to lure collectors are a diamond solitaire ring centering a 3.84 carat marquise-shaped diamond (est. $35,000-45,000); a Sterle Bracelet from the highly desirable, 1970’s French jeweler know for his fluid designs (est. $15,000-25,000); and a pair of cornucopia clips set with round and baguette-cut diamonds estimated to weigh 17.00 carats (est. 10,000-15,000).
Viewings will be held at Bonhams’ San Francisco galleries from May 21st to May 23rd and at Bonhams’ Los Angeles galleries from June 4th to 6th. Previews will take place at Bonhams’ New York galleries starting on June 12th until the sale date of June 16th. The sale will take place in New York on June 16th at 12 PM EST and will be simulcast to the San Francisco and Los Angeles galleries as well. The illustrated auction catalog for the sale will be online at www.bonhams.com/us in the weeks preceding the preview and auction. For more information about the department, please visit www.bonhams.com/jewelry
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.
London Fine Jewellery Auction
Last Updated on Friday, 2 April 2010 04:00 Written by a2e Friday, 2 April 2010 04:00
A magnificent 14.6 carat diamond pendant expected to fetch £200,000 – 300,000 is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street as part of its first Fine Jewellery sale of the year on 21st April 2010.
The sale also features four single stone diamond rings 5.05 carats, E colour, loupe clean; 5.01 carats, D colour, VS1 clarity; 4.74 carats, D colour, VVS1 clarity; and 5.03 carats, G colour, internally flawless, respectively.
It follows Bonhams Jewellery Department’s most successful year ever in 2009 which finished with the December 9 sale – The Art of Jewels: Fine Jewellery and Iconic Gems – in which a natural pearl necklace once belonging to Lady Houston fetched £311,200.
The first sale of fine jewellery in 2010 hopes to imitate this success. Jean Ghika, Director of Bonhams Jewellery Department, says: “We are delighted to be handling such a selection of exceptional diamonds, with estimates ranging from £55,000 – 300,000, as well as a number of rare Art Deco period pieces, for which competition is expected to be fierce.”
Of particular interest is a silver gilt paste and gem-set collar necklace which is similar to the work of the 20th century jeweller Sah Oved. It is expected to fetch £3,000 – 5,000.
Other unique lots include an Art Deco diamond bracelet by Lacloche Frères, circa 1925 (estimate £6,000 – 8,000) and a Van Cleef & Arpels Art Deco diamond, emerald and onyx bracelet (estimate £15,000 – 20,000).
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