三级aa视频在线观看-三级国产-三级国产精品一区二区-三级国产三级在线-三级国产在线

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / World

Auctioneer shows off 118-carat diamond in NYC

Agencies | Updated: 2013-09-05 09:53

Auctioneer shows off 118-carat diamond in NYC

An employee holds a 118.28 carat, flawless D Color Magnificent Oval Diamond at Sotheby's auction house in New York September 4, 2013. First discovered in deep mines in Southern Africa and chiselled from a huge 299 carat rough, the gem is expected to fetch between $28 and $35 million at an upcoming auction in Hong Kong on October 7. [Photo/Agencies]

NEW YORK - A New York auction house is showing off what it calls the world's greatest white diamond on the block - a 118-carat stone from Africa the size of a small egg.

The oval diamond glistened in its glass case Wednesday at Sotheby's Manhattan headquarters, not yet mounted after it was mined and cut two years ago. It will be auctioned in Hong Kong on Oct 7 and has a pre-sale estimate of $28 million to $35 million.

In terms of size, quality, polish and color, "this is the greatest white diamond we've ever had the privilege to sell," said Quek Chin Yeow, deputy chairman of Sotheby's Asia and an international diamond expert.

The stone was discovered in 2011 as a 299-carat rough diamond in a southern African country whose name Sotheby's declined to disclose.

When asked why they could not give the exact source, auction house officials said the owner wishes to remain anonymous and that was the agreement.

The current record for any white diamond is $26.7 million. That pear-shaped stone was over 101 carats. It was sold at Christie's in Geneva last spring.

Three other white diamonds over 100 carats were auctioned by Sotheby's - in 1990, 1993 and 1995.

The white stone is part of a lineup of jewels up for auction that also includes a flawless, round, vivid blue diamond, worth an estimated $19 million at 7.6 carats.

It's the largest, most significant such diamond graded by the Gemological Institute of America.

The reason these stones are going on the block in Hong Kong, Quek said, is that it has become a center for jewelry sales and it's there that the $1.7 million record price per carat for vivid blue diamonds was set - with the sale of a 6-carat blue diamond for $10.2 million in 2011.

Blue diamonds - more rare than white ones - are from the same color family as the famed Hope Diamond, though a different hue. The Hope Diamond, which belongs to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, is not for sale.

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: www.欧美在线观看 | 国产系列欧美系列日韩系列在线 | 亚洲一区日韩二区欧美三区 | 精品在线第一页 | 黄色生活视频 | 黄色三级大片 | 国产又粗又黄又湿又大 | 亚洲欧美视频一区二区 | 麻豆小视频 | 美女黄页视频 | 国产一区二区免费视频 | 日本欧美一区二区三区免费不卡 | 久久精品国产99久久香蕉 | 色综合色综合色综合色综合 | 欧美a级完整在线观看 | 亚洲综合日韩 | 黄污视频免费观看 | 国产只有精品 | 亚洲综合影院 | 国产欧美日韩在线播放 | 欧美一区二区三区免费高 | 国产特黄特色的大片观看免费视频 | 国产综合色在线视频 | 亚洲成人在线播放 | 色佬影院 | 国产亚洲欧美日韩v在线 | 国产美女网 | jizzjiz熟丰满老妇日本 | 国产vr一区二区在线观看 | 国产视频福利在线 | 久久月| 女人被免费网站视频在线 | 尤物国产精品福利三区 | 看黄色一级片子 | 日本特黄特色aaa大片免费欧 | 欧美日韩第一区 | 99久久久精品免费观看国产 | 欧美亚洲欧美日韩中文二区 | 日韩欧美精品一区二区三区 | 久久日本精品99久久久久 | 国产免费一区二区三区香蕉精 |