Pink diamonds always create appeal because of their unique and attractive purple-pink color. And the Piaget Ring set an auction record for the highest price per carat for a pink diamond of this color grade.
Sotheby's is the third oldest and most famous auction house in this field. The founder of Sotheby's was Samuel Baker, who opened the first auction on March 11, 1744. Since 1983, Sotheby's was bought by American millionaire A. Alfred Taubman and brought to the stock exchange in 1988.
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Recently, the Piaget Ring set an auction record at Sotheby's for the Magnificent jewels and noble jewels category at the auction in Geneva. Sold for $13.2 million to an anonymous buyer, the ring set a cushion-cut Fancy Intense Purplish Pink diamond weighing 7.04ct and set an auction record for the price. the highest carat for a pink diamond with this color grade.
Pink diamonds always create appeal because of their unique and attractive purple-pink color. Originally certified “Fancy Intense”, this diamond, according to experts, can reach “Fancy Vivid” (the highest level of intensity for colored diamonds) once it is re-cut for presentation. sharper colors... thereby strengthening its legendary status.
Born in the early 70s, the peak period in Piaget's creative history, this statement ring contributes to affirming the Piaget family's tradition of gemmaking.
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According to John King, a high-end stone quality expert, currently working for the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), out of 1 million diamonds, there is only 1 large fancy color diamond. and have quality. The color of a diamond is often an imprint of the influencing elements or minerals contained in the stone. The pink color is the result of the process of "transforming the internal structure of the stone".
In addition, blue diamonds get their color from the element boron, while nitrogen gives diamonds their yellow color. Green diamonds are extremely rare and the only way a stone can acquire this color naturally is through contamination while in the ground.