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A fancy vivid pink diamond is expected to sell for up to $47 million (US$35 million) when it goes under the hammer at Sotheby’s New York next month.
Weighing 10.57 carats, ‘The Eternal Pink’ is the most vivid pink diamond to ever come to market, the auction house reports. The cushion-cut Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Purplish Pink diamond was fashioned from a 23.78-carat rough stone to maximize its electric “bubblegum” colour.
“This colour is the most beautiful and concentrated shade of pink in diamonds I have ever seen,” Sotheby’s head of jewellery, Quig Bruning, said on the auction house’s Facebook page. “The rarest of the rare, few Fancy Vivid Purplish Pink have been categorized by the GIA throughout its decades of research on pink diamonds—a true testament to The Eternal Pink’s uniqueness.”
The diamond heads to auction with the highest price per carat estimate ever placed on any diamond or gemstone, Sotheby’s reports.
Following viewings in Hong Kong, Taipei, mainland China, Singapore, Geneva, and Dubai, The Eternal Pink will be auctioned on June 8 as part of Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels sale.
