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An Alexandrite of Russian origin sets world auction record for an Alexandrite at Christie's Geneva May 14,2014 Magnificent Jewels sale

Thanks Sunil for your update. The floral design of this alexandrite and yellow diamond ring is fantastic and the very pronounced color change from gre...

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An Alexandrite of Russian origin sets world auction record for an Alexandrite at Christie's Geneva May 14,2014 Magnificent Jewels sale

An alexandrite and yellow diamond ring bearing Lot No. 1573, appeared at Sotheby's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels sale, held on April 8, 2013. The cente...

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Significant Ceylon/Sri Lanka Blue Sapphires that appeared at public auctions

The images of the two sapphires uploaded by shah - the 28.28-carat, cushion-cut, Ceylon sapphire and the 71.54-carat, cushion-cut, Ceylon sapphire - c...

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Significant Ceylon/Sri Lanka Blue Sapphires that appeared at public auctions

Sotheby's Geneva Magnificent Jewels Sale held on November 13, 2013 had six Sri Lanka blue sapphire lots on offer - These lots were Lot 55, Lot 184, L...

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Significant Ceylon/Sri Lanka Blue Sapphires that appeared at public auctions

Two significant Sri Lanka sapphire lots appeared at Christie's New York, Magnificent Jewels Sale, held on October 16, 2007. These are Lot 165 and Lot ...

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An Alexandrite of Russian origin sets world auction record for an Alexandrite at Christie's Geneva May 14,2014 Magnificent Jewels sale

Thanks John for your update and Mike for the question arising from John's update. It is indeed true that the 13.14-carat catseye alexandrite of unknow...

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An Alexandrite of Russian origin sets world auction record for an Alexandrite at Christie's Geneva May 14,2014 Magnificent Jewels sale

Thanks John for your update. It seems that the 13.14-carat, round cabochon-cut catsye alexandrite has fared better, fetching a ppc-value of US$5,475 t...

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An Alexandrite of Russian origin sets world auction record for an Alexandrite at Christie's Geneva May 14,2014 Magnificent Jewels sale

A stunning 10.02-carat, oval cabochon-cut, Ceylon catseye alexandrite with a strong catseye effect and prominent color change from brownish-green in d...

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Hill's Kashmir Sapphire

The classification is actually arbitrary based on prices achieved at public auctions. There may be discrepancies in this classification, such as a hig...

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Hill's Kashmir Sapphire

Thanks Lareef for your detailed and in-depth analysis of whole stone prices and price-per-carat values of Kashmir sapphires that appeared at various p...

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Significant Ceylon/Sri Lanka Blue Sapphires that appeared at public auctions

Indeed Rashid ! Heat treated blue sapphires have a low price-per-carat value than untreated natural blue sapphires. Both in terms of whole stone price...

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Significant Ceylon/Sri Lanka Blue Sapphires that appeared at public auctions

Thanks Mike for your update. Image of Lot 1560 was of special interest. This is the first time I am seeing an image of a heat treated blue sapphire. T...

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Significant Ceylon/Sri Lanka Blue Sapphires that appeared at public auctions

At the Sotheby's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels & Jadeite Sale held in April 2013, at least four Sri Lanka blue sapphire lots featured. These are L...

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Hill's Kashmir Sapphire

Images of Sapphire Nos. 7 to 11 are found below :- Attached files

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Hill's Kashmir Sapphire

Images of Sapphires 1 to 11 falling above the range of US$100,000 per carat if uploaded side by side might help visitors to compare their color, cut a...

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