Christie’s London luxury week auction totals £12m
Christie’s London Luxury Week auctions achieved a combined total of £12m with other half the total coming from its ‘important jewels’ auction. The auctions focusing on fine wines, handbags and ...
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Sotheby’s to hold London auction in June
Sotheby’s has announced that it will hold an auction at its London gallery on 6 June featuring an array of diamond jewellery. Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Bulgari feature ...
The Farnese Blue Diamond sold for $6.7m at auction
The Farnese Blue, a 6.16-carat pear-shaped dark grey-blue diamond which has passed through the hands of four European royal families, has been sold at auction for $6.7m (£4.9m) The diamond ...
Phillips auctions historic white gold Omega wristwatch
Watch auction house Phillips has achieved a new world record for the highest result achieved for an Omega timepiece sold at auction. The auction house sold a white gold Omega ...
Alrosa auctions 101 special-sized diamonds for $14.8m
The United Selling Organization (USO) of Alrosa has sold 101 special size rough diamonds with the total weight of 1751.1 carats. Total sales revenue for diamonds amounted to $14.8m (£10.9m). ...
Two ‘brilliant cut’ 50ct diamonds to be auctioned by Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s diamonds has announced that two 50ct brilliant cut diamonds are to be auctioned in Geneva this May. The first of the two stones is a round, brilliant cut diamond ...
Historic diamond ‘The Farnese Blue’ to auction for first time
Historic diamond, ‘The Farnese Blue’, will appear on the market for the first time in its history this spring, after having remained in the same family for over three centuries. ...
Fellows reveals ‘record’ auction sales in 2017
Auction house Fellows has said that it is the “leading UK regional auctioneer” by hammer total, after recording overall sales of £17m in 2017. A notable sale in 2017 was ...
Alrosa to auction large rough diamonds at IDWI 2018
Alrosa will be hosting an auction for a selection of special large rough diamonds at the International Diamond Week in Israel (IDWI) 2018, organised by the Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE). ...
Alrosa to hold 30 international auctions for sale of ‘special size’ diamonds
Alrosa is planning to hold 30 international auctions for the sale of ‘special size’ natural rough diamonds over 10.8 carats in 2018. Five auctions will be held in Q1, 10 ...
