‘The Blue’ expected to fetch up to $25 million USD

by eyetee | April 22, 2014 12:57 pm

[1]The largest flawless vivid blue diamond in the world will go on the auction block next month.

Weighing 13.22-carats, ‘The Blue’ will lead Christie’s auction of Magnificent Jewels to be held in Geneva on May 14 at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues.

This comes six months after Christie’s Geneva sold ‘The Orange,’ the largest fancy vivid orange diamond in the world, for $35.5 million USD. It was a world-record price for an orange diamond and price per carat for any diamond at $2.4 million USD.

‘The Blue’ is estimated to sell for $21 to $25 million USD.

 

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