“THE PINK STAR”
One
of the World’s Great Treasures Returns to Auction in Hong Kong on 4 April 2017
Estimated In Excess Of US$60 Million/ HK$468 Million
Weighing 59.60 carats, The Pink
Star is the Largest Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Pink Diamond Graded by the
GIA
“The
Pink Star is a true masterpiece of nature, beyond characterisation with human
vocabulary”
GIA
Monograph written for the “Pink Star”, 2013
Sotheby’s
announces today that the Pink Star, one of the world’s great natural
treasures, will return to auction and lead its sales of magnificent jewels and
jadeite in Hong Kong on 4 April 2017. Estimated in excess of US$60 million /
HK$468 million*, this 59.60-carat oval mixed-cut pink diamond is the
largest Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Pink diamond that the Gemological
Institute of America (GIA) has ever graded.
Announcing the
forthcoming sale of the Pink Star, David Bennett, Worldwide Chairman of
Sotheby’s Jewellery Division, said: “At a time of unprecedented demand for
the finest in coloured diamonds, I am delighted to be bringing this magnificent
stone back to the market.
The extraordinary size of this 59.60-carat
diamond, paired with its richness of colour, surpasses any known pink diamond
recorded in history.”
QUEK Chin Yeow,
Deputy Chairman, Asia, and Chairman International Jewellery, Asia, said, “Over the years Sotheby’s
Hong Kong has played host to many outstanding stones and sales; including the
118.28-carat oval D-colour flawless diamond sold in Oct 2013, the still-current
world auction record for any white diamond, as well as the fancy vivid blue
10.10-carat De Beers Millennium Jewel 4 which set a record for any jewel sold
at auction in Asia in April 2016.
The market for the world’s finest diamonds
and gem stones remains buoyant and Sotheby’s Hong Kong is honoured to present
at auction the Pink Star this spring following these world records.”
Below you will also
find a link to a video which is now on Sothebys.com:
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