Magnificent Jewels Geneva – Thursday, November 15, 2007 Sale no: 1350 – Top Ten [All sold prices include buyer’s premium]
Sold: Sfr. 53,905,113 $ 48,563,165 € 33,147,900 Lots Sold: 317 Lots Offered: 393 Sold by Lot: 80% Sold by SFr: 80% Exchange Rate: 1$ = SFr.1.11 / 1€ = SFr.1.6262
Lot Description Estimate (SFr) Purchase Price Buyer
An octagonal-shaped fancy purplish-red diamond ring SFr. 2,961,000 1,500,000 - 1,875,000 Laurence 356 of 2.26 carats, $ 1,180,340 per carat $ 2,667,567 Graff World record for a red diamond € 1,820,809 SFr. 2,289,000 386 A diamond rivière, by Harry Winston 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 $ 2,062,162 US Trade € 1,407,576 SFr. 2,065,000 An antique emerald and diamond necklace 396 1,250,000 - 1,625,000 $ 1,860,360 Anonymous Collection Princess Henckel von Donnersmarck € 1,269,831 A rectangular-cut diamond ring of 23.12 carats, E, SFr. 2,009,000 International 387 Internally Flawless, $ 78,280 per carat 1,875,000 - 2,250,000 $ 1,809,910 Trade € 1,235,395 SFr. 1,617,000 A pair of pear-shaped emerald ear pendants of 35.36 European 310 1,500,000 - 1,875,000 $ 1,456,756 and 35.20 carats Private € 994,342 SFr. 1,617,000 A pair of oval-shaped sapphire and diamond ear European 380 1,250,000 - 1,875,000 $ 1,456,756 pendants of 52.72 and 49.84 carats, by M.Gérard Trade € 994,343 A pair of pear-shaped diamond and gold ear clips of SFr. 1,225,000 International 333 12.88 and 9.98 carats, by Van Cleef & Arpels 375,000 - 625,000 $ 1,103,603 Trade Collection Princess Cecil Amelia von Fürstenberg € 753,290 SFr. 1,258,600 International 359 A brilliant-cut diamond ring of 15.10 carats, E, VS1, 1,000,000 - 1,250,000 $ 1,133,874 Trade by Harry Winston, $ 75,100 per carat € 773,582 SFr. 945,000 International 362 A pear-shaped diamond ring of 10.19 carats, D, 810,000 - 1,060,000 $ 851,351 Trade Internally Flawless, $ 83,550 per carat € 581,110 SFr. 945,000 270 A natural coloured 4 row pearl necklace 875,000 - 1,125,000 $ 851,351 US Trade € 581,109
Comment: “After nearly a billion dollars of art changed hands at Christie's New York in the last 2 weeks, the jewellery sale at Christie's Geneva demonstrated the same trend with spectacular prices achieved for exceptional jewels and gemstones. This jewellery auction concludes a fabulous week of $ 83 million of sales at Christie's Geneva this Fall confirming the firm’s position as the leading art auctioneers in Switzerland and in the world” said Eric Valdieu, Director of the Geneva Jewellery Department Press Contact: Carine Decroi +33 1 40 76 85 88 [email protected] Next Sale Date: The next Magnificent Jewels sale will take place in Hong Kong on November 28.