Images of Lots 82, 84, 114, 137 and 178 of June 11, 2009 Christie's "New York Jewels" sale, are uploaded here because of space constraints above. ...

One of the Christie's auctions in which at least eleven Animal and Plant Motif Jewelry featured was the Christie's "New York Jewels" sale, held on Jun...

Factor 3 above - Lots set predominantly with diamonds - appears to be the main reason why the lot was assigned a higher estimate and as expected also...

Thanks AnitaP for your intelligent observation, and thanks Joan for your appropriate comment. I totally agree with you Joan on your comment. The blue ...

Thanks Lareef for for your detailed reply in response to my post. However, won't the staggering prices achieved recently by some D-color diamonds of F...

Of the three RBC diamonds you have mentioned Joan, The Graff Constellation diamond is yet to be sold, the Safiya diamond was sold by Graff in Septembe...

For comparison sake, It will be interesting to find out the price-per-carat values of the three largest D-color, Flawless/Internally Flawless, round b...

Another D-color, Flawless Clarity, round brilliant-cut diamond weighing 30.57 carats (Lot 1910), with excellent cut, polish and symmetry made a very s...

This is clearly a reflection of the current strength of the blue sapphire market, and particularly the esteem in which Kashmir sapphires are held, the...

Thank you for that, now to find one 50-100% larger

Let me introduce you to two world record holders among D-color, RBC diamonds of Flawless/Internally Flawless clarity grade, less than 50 carats in wei...

It appears that two Kashmir sapphires had broken the world record for price-per-carat, one after another at the same auction ! It's indeed an incredib...

Two Kashmir sapphire lots, Lot 1752 and Lot 1938, that appeared at Sotheby's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels & Jadeite Sale on October 7, 2014 appear...

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Thank you for that Lareef, this is a wonderful site and it was the knowledge contained therein that motivated me to register.