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The Aurora Green diamond, a Himalayan crocodile Birkin handbag and a leather jacket designed by Jean Paul Gaultier are for sale at Christie's in Hong Kong. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
The "Blue Moon" diamond sells at auction in Switzerland for a record 48.6 million Swiss francs ($48.4 million). Elly Park reports.
Christie's auction house in central London displayed the world's largest flawless D-coloured diamond on Tuesday, ahead of its sale at auction. The rare type 2A, flawless, emerald-cut diamond, weighs 163.4 carats and is in D colour, one of the finest colours of diamond. The incredibly rare interally flawless diamond was found last year in Angola and is expected to go to auction in Geneva on November 10.
This dazzling and breathtaking precious stone is called the Pink Star Diamond, and it may well prove to be the world's most expensive cut diamond after it goes up for auction. The natural diamond was initially mined by diamond giant De Beers in Botswana and 1999 and weighed an astounding 132.5 carats when it first came out of the ground. However, it is not even close to the largest gem quality rough diamond. That award goes to the Cullinan Diamond, which weighed over 3100 carats when first mined in 1905. Although the Pink Star is set to be the most valuable cut diamond ever sold at auction, two other diamonds still have a higher estimated value: the De Beers Centenary Diamond, with an estimated value of $100 millions and the Hope Diamond, estimated at $350 million.
"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).
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