4.8.09

CHRISTIE'S TO SELL RARE 5 CARAT 'VIVID PINK' DIAMOND


A RARE, 5 CUSHION-CUT CARAT PINK DIAMOND, KNOWN AS "THE VIVID PINK", WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION IN HONG KONG THIS DECEMBER BY CHRISTIE'S, WHICH EXPECTS THE STUNNING STONE TO SELL FOR $5 TO $7 MILLION, IN REACH OF THE CURRENT WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A PINK DIAMOND -- A 19.66 CARAT STONE THAT SOLD IN GENEVA FOR $7.4 MILLION IN 1994. THE 'VIVID PINK', WHICH HAS BEEN SET IN A RING BY FAMED LUXURY JEWELER LAURENCE GRAFF OF GRAFF DIAMONDS COMES FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION. WHILE JUST A QUARTER THE SIZE OF THE RECORD HOLDING PINK GEM AND NOT QUITE FLAWLESS, THE STONE'S 'VIVID PINK' IS CONSIDERED NEAR PERFECT AND THE AUCTION HOUSE HAS TOUTED IT AS ONE OF THE BEST COLOURED STONES TO APPEAR IN RECENT YEARS. "THERE ARE PINK DIAMONDS AND THEN THERE ARE PINK DIAMONDS", SAID FRANCOIS CURIEL, INTERNATIONAL HEAD OF CHRISTIE'S JEWELRY DEPARTMENT. "IT IS EXTREMELY RARE FOR A STONE OF SUCH TOP QUALITY TO APPEAR ON THE MARKET WITH TOP NOTES IN COLOUR, CUT, CLARITY AND CARAT WEIGHT. THIS 5 CARAT VIVID PINK GEM COMBINES THE BEST OF ALL CRITERIA."
IN ADVANCE OF THE SALE THE 'VIVID PINK' DIAMOND WILL BE DISPLAYED AT CRISTIE'S AUCTION ROOMS DURING A TOUR IN NEW YORK, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, GENEVA AND TAIPEI STARTING IN OCTOBER.

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