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This absolutely dazzling necklace started out as precious stones belonging to the Russian Empress Catherine the First, wife of Peter the Great, over 300 years ago. The legend goes that the empress offered the massive stones to Sultan Ahmed III to negotiate the lifting of the seige of Pruth in 1711. Sotheby's values the necklace, complete with a brooch and pair of earings, at between 3 and 5 million dollars. The second necklace is a diamond choker with a bow design once worn by Empress Catherine the Great. It was preserved originally designed as two separate jewels but was later fashioned into the stunning piece we see today. After the Communist Revolution began, the royal jewels were stored in the Kremlin strong room and later sold at auction in London to raise money for new Soviet government. The choker is also valued between 3 and 5 million dollars. The final piece on auction in Sotheby's Russian Imperial Jewelry collection is also the most valuable. This is the ultra-rare Sky Blue Diamond. The diamond, which has received the highest grading in all categories from the world's most respected gemological associations, was set into a ring by world renown jeweller Cartier. Sotheby's previewed the jaw-dropping jewellry to boost excitement for the actual auction, which will take place in Geneva on November 16.
The "Blue Moon" diamond sells at auction in Switzerland for a record 48.6 million Swiss francs ($48.4 million). Elly Park reports.
A pair of unique blue and pink diamond earrings on show at Sotheby's auction house in Geneva, reportedly the most valuable earrings ever to go under the hammer, are expected to fetch between $50 to 70 million. The diamonds were named after Apollo, the Greek god of of the Sun, and Artemis, his twin sister, the goddess of the moon. The 14.54-carat Apollo Blue, which is described by Sotheby's as the largest internally flawless vivid blue diamond ever to be offered at auction, is expected to fetch between $38 million and $50 million. The 16-carat Artemis Pink, with its "fancy, intense pink" hue, is expected to rake in 12.5-18 million dollars. If the combined price of both Apollo and Artemis reaches the max estimate of 70 million, these two precious stones will cost 50 times more money the average American makes in an entire lifetime. The earrings will be offered separately as individual lots at auction on May 16.
"Oppenheimer Blue", the largest and finest fancy vivid blue diamond ever offered at auction, sells for world record $57.6 million. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Weighing 14.62 carats, largest fancy blue diamond to have ever been presented to the public to go on auction in Geneva. Rough Cut - no reporter narration
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