Several Diamonds Fetch 7 Figures at NY Auction

50.52 carats D / FL pear shape sold for $9.5 million

(IDEX Online News) – Six items fetched more than a million dollars at Christies Magnificent Jewels auction on Tuesday, including a 50.52 carats D / Flawless pear shape diamond pendent that sold for $9.5 million.

The second top seller was an unusual pair of earrings with a main pear shape diamond and a smaller round diamond. One ear pendant has a fancy yellow SI1 pear-shaped diamond, weighing 52.78 carats and a J color, VVS2 round -cut diamond, weighing 6.93 carats.

The other ear pendant has a K color, SI1 clarity pear-shaped diamond weighing 50.31 carats, accompanied by a round-cut fancy yellow VS1 diamond, weighing 7.02 carats. The earrings fetched $4.7 million, close to the lower range of the pre-sale estimates.

A modified oval-cut fancy intense yellow, IF diamond, with excellent polish and excellent symmetry sold for $3.2 million.

A pear-shaped fancy light pink SI1 clarity diamond, weighing 10.52 carats, set in a ring and flanked by two tapered baguette-cut diamonds sold for $2.2 million, double the early estimate.