CHRISTIE’S. Ginevra, 20 novembre 2008
La vendita si è conclusa con un totlae di SFr. 27,119,338 e 171 lotti venduti su 342 offerti. “In a difficult market, a world record of $3.5 million was achieved at Christie’s Geneva for a Kashmir sapphire of 42 cts. Even though the level of prices is 20-30% below what it was in the spring, there was healthy bidding in the room, resulting in a sale which totaled $22.5 million. Good prices were paid for natural pearls and vintage jewellery by an international audience with a strong contingent of Indian, Russian, Middle Eastern and continental European buyers,” commento di Eric Valdieu, Senior Vice President of Christie’s Switzerland.
Top Ten:
|
Lot |
Description |
Estimate (SFr)
|
Purchase Price |
|
279 |
A cushion-shaped Kashmir sapphire of 42.28cts
$82,500 per ct World auction record for a sapphire |
3,400,000-4,500,000 | SFr4,187,000
$3,489,167 €2,796,367 |
|
1142 |
A rectangular-cut D colour, potentially IF diamond ring of 22.90cts, by Van Cleef & Arpels | 2,500,000-3,500,000 | SFr.2,451,000
$2,042,500 €1,636,946 |
|
273 |
A rectangular-cut fancy intense yellow, SI1 diamond ring of 63.22cts | 1,440,000-1,680,000 | SFr.1,555,000
$1,295,833 €1,038,536 |
|
235 |
A pear-shaped D colour, VS1 diamond ring of 12.95cts, by Harry Winston | 1,200,000-1,440,000 | SFr.1,443,000
$1,202,500 |
|
1028 |
A rectangular-cut I colour, VVS2 clarity diamond ring of 28.82cts | 1,440,000-2,160,000 | SFr.1,323,000
$1,102,500 €883,590 |
|
253 |
An important diamond necklace | 720,000-960,000 | SFr.879,000
$732,500 |
|
241 |
A pair of pear-shaped Colombian emerald pendants of 16.96 and 16.30cts, by Harry Winston
|
750,000-1,000,000 | SFr819,000
$682,500 |
|
242 |
An important diamond necklace | 700,000-900,000 | SFr.783,000
$652,500 |
|
270 |
A natural pearl and diamond necklace, by Bulgari | 600,000-840,000 | SFr.627,000
$522,500 €418,754 |
|
233 |
A marquise-cut H colour, potentially IF diamond ring of 13.93cts, by Harry Winston | 540,000-660,000 | SFr.603,000
$502,500 |
|
152 |
A rectangular-cut I colour, VS1 clarity diamond ring of 17.49cts | 450,000-600,000 | SFr.435,000
$362,500 €290,523 |
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