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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.
5.03 carat fancy vivid green diamond called 'The Aurora Green' sells for $16.8 million. Angela Moore reports.
The "Blue Moon" diamond sells at auction in Switzerland for a record 48.6 million Swiss francs ($48.4 million). Elly Park reports.
Paris (France), 13 Jan (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Ian Langsdon / María Díaz Valderrama).- Paris, Jan 13 (EFE).- An original painting for the cover of a 1936 Tintin album by Belgian artist Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, is set for auction in Paris Thursday and could fetch a record-breaking price. The current highest price for a Tintin artwork was set at 2.6 million euros back in 2014.FOOTAGE OF THE OBJECTS THAT WILL GO TO AUCTION ON THURSDAY.SOUNDBITES OF ÉRIC LEROY, SPECIALIST IN ARTCURIAL COMICS:"This work of art, the initial cover for the 1936 series 'Blue Lotus', was rejected by the editor, Casterman, for economic reasons, since it was too expensive to publish and reproduce. Hergé created a new drawing and gave this cover to the editor's son, Jean-Paul Casterman, who kept it throughout his life". "This is the first time that Hergé makes real research. Until then, he has only used some books for the Congo series or "Tintin in the Land of the Soviets". In this case, someone describes China to him and it is a well documented comic book. For the first time, Hergé is aware that he can’t tell whatever to his readers."
The world record for the most spray tans in one hour was shattered by a Kristin Little, owner of BodiBronze Sunless Tan, in Champaign, Illinois on Monday. Kristin beat the previous record of 78 spray tans by spraying 107 volunteers in 45 just minutes. The event organizers might have added to their record further still, but ran out of volunteers to spray! All proceeds went to the Charles W. Christie Cancer Center.
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.
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