Auctions
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May- 2019 -1 May
17.43 carat Kashmir sapphire ring sold for £723,062 at auction
A 17.43 carat Kashmir sapphire ring has sold for £723,062 at the Bonhams London Jewels sale. Dating from the late 19th to early 20th Century, the cushion-shaped sapphire was formerly owned by a European noble family. It was the first time it had appeared at auction, attracting interest from multiple…
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Apr- 2019 -5 April
17.43ct Kashmir sapphire headlines at Bonhams London auction
A 17.43 carat Kashmir sapphire ring will lead the first Bonhams Jewels sale in London on 30 April 2019. Dating from the late 19th to early 20th Century, the cushion-shaped sapphire displays a “saturated and vivid blue colour” and is estimated to be worth between £300,000-400,000. It will be the…
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Mar- 2019 -22 March
Watch containing world’s oldest whisky up for auction
Fellows’ upcoming Watch Sale on 2 April is to feature an “extremely rare and innovative” timepiece containing what is reputed to be the world’s oldest whisky. The Louis Moinet stainless steel watch is one of 40 ever made and has been entered to auction with an estimated worth of £12,000…
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Feb- 2019 -20 February
Diamond worth $12.7m to feature at Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels auction
An 88.22ct, D Colour, flawless, Type IIa, oval brilliant diamond will lead Sotheby’s Hong Kong Sale of Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite auction on 2 April 2019. The diamond, estimated to be worth between $11.2m – $12.7m (£8.5m – £9.7m), is one of only three oval diamonds of over 50 carats…
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Jan- 2019 -28 January
‘Historic’ Australian brooch auctioned for almost £10,000
A rare, colonial Australian brooch has been sold for just under £10,000 at Fellows Auctioneers in Birmingham last week (24 January 2019). According to the group, pieces with “aboriginal detail” are infrequently offered for sale at auction, and the item depicts an emu and kangaroo amongst native flora – a…
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22 January
Watch resembling Aston Martin could fetch £10,000 at auction
A Jaeger-LeCoultre timepiece created through a collaboration with Aston Martin could fetch between £7,000 – £10,000 at a Fellows auction on Tuesday 29 January. The limited edition gentleman’s platinum AMVOX 1 R-Alarm wrist watch is number 67 of 150 ever created, featuring the Aston Martin brand logo engraved on the…
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11 January
Fellows to auction watches from the Queen’s goldsmith
Watches belonging to Stuart Devlin, a gold and silversmiths who held a royal warrant to supply gold and jewels to the Queen, are due to go under the hammer at Fellows in Birmingham on 24 and 29 January. A diamond watch by Jaeger LeCoultre and a gentleman’s 18ct white gold…
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3 January
‘Landmark year’ of jewellery sales for Sotheby’s
Auctioneers Sotheby’s recorded a ‘landmark year’ for jewellery sales in 2018, with worldwide sales totaling $414m (£328m) for the year. Worldwide watch sales totalled $88.5m (£70.2m), up 60% on 2017 ($55.4m), with 55% of the bids for watches being placed online (42% for jewellery sales). The number of jewels sold…
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Dec- 2018 -14 December
24ct diamond ring auctioned for £1.86m by Bonhams
A step-cut diamond, weighing 24.31 carats, has been sold for £1.86m at Bonhams Fine Jewellery Sale in London. The D colour, internally flawless and Type IIa, diamond was the subject of “fierce bidding” in the saleroom, online, on the phones and eventually sold to a telephone bidder, exceeding its pre-sale…
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13 December
Christie’s posts auction sales of $490m in 2018
Global auction house Christie’s has announced its jewellery auction sales this year totalled $492.4m (£389m). Christie’s also revealed that $7.8m (£6.1m) of that was achieved through online auctions. The most notable sale of the year was the Winston Pink Legacy – an 18.96 carat fancy pink diamond that was sold…
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