Friday, June 19, 2009

Another Success for Christie’s

Another Success for Christie’s

NYChristie’s New York's small, 184-lot, end of season sale on June 11 sold 91 percent by lot and 86 percent by value. The auction tallied up $11,367,875, with diamonds making a strong showing. The top lot — a pear-shaped fancy intense internally flawless 6.29-carat blue diamond — sold for $3,554,500. The highly touted blue diamonds were the stars of the show, with a 3.28-carat modified rectangular-cut fancy dark gray-blue diamond selling for $386,500, the fifth biggest lot. Two blue rose-cut diamonds, however, failed to sell.

Rapaport TradeWire - Friday, June 19, 2009

Friday, June 12, 2009

Christie's London Jewels Sale Tops $6M

Christie's London Jewels Sale Tops $6M

Christie's Jewels: The London Sale was 84 percent sold by lot and garnered a total of $6.1 million (GBP 3.7 million). The top lot was a 44.14-carat circular-cut, fancy yellow, SI1 diamond set in an art deco mount, which fetched $865,324, or $19,600 per carat. A 10.09-carat, cushion-shaped, F, VS2 diamond sold to an Asian private for $414,064, and a 4.99-carat brilliant-cut, F,VS2 diamond sold to a member of the U.S. trade for $135,460.

Rapaport TradeWire - Friday, June 12, 2009

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Christie's Hong Kong Jewels Sale Tops $33M

Christie's Hong Kong jewelry sale reported strong results, with 90 percent of the lots sold for a total of $33,067,728. The top lot, a diamond pendant set with two pear-shaped, D, flawless, type IIa diamonds of 20.7 carats and 10.02 carats, sold for $3,328,182 to an Asian private. Other diamond highlights included a number of lots that sold for more than $1 million apiece. A rectangular-cut, 15.02-carat, D, flawless type IIa diamond sold for $1,670,526, or $111,200 per carat.


Rapaport TradeWire - Thursday, May 28, 2009