$5.1M at Christie’s Online Summer Jewelry Auction! September 2021 Argenti Newsflash

September 2021, Newsflash

September Birthstone

Sapphire

Sapphire is the modern September birthstone and the gem designated for the 5th, 23rd and 45th wedding anniversary. Sapphire gemstone has the ability to encourage faithfulness, friendship, imagination and peace of mind, by eliminating feelings of anxiety and nervousness as well as negativity and depression.

Although people most often think of sapphire as dark blue, it is found in a diversity of colors, including many shades of blue, violet, pink, white, green, black, yellow and orange. In fact, all colors of corundum (except red, which is Ruby) are called Sapphire. The coloring pigment of blue sapphire is iron and titanium, and in violet sapphire the pigment is vanadium and low iron content brings about yellow or green sapphires, and chrome produces pink ones.

Jewelry Auction News – National Jeweler Magazine

Christie’s Online Summer Jewelry Auction

Totals $5.1M

The star of the sale, a 24-carat heart-shaped diamond,

went for $2 million.

This 24.45-carat D-color, internally flawless heart-shaped diamond sold for $2 million in the “Jewels Online: Summer Sparkle” auction, making it the sale’s top lot and the second most valuable jewel

Christie’s has ever sold online.

New York—The second edition of Christie’s “Jewels Online: Summer Sparkle” sale brought in $5.1 million for the auction house this year. The online-only auction was held from Aug. 4-18, selling 94 percent by lot and attracting bids from buyers in 28 countries, 16 percent of which were first-time registrants. Leading the way was a 24.45-carat D-color, internally flawless, Type IIa heart-shaped diamond pendant that garnered $2 million, the second-highest price paid for a jewel sold in an online auction at Christie’s. The diamond had a pre-sale estimate of $1.6 million-$2.6 million. Last year, a 28.86-carat D-color, emerald-cut, VVS1 Type IIa diamond garnered $2.1 million in another Christie’s online auction.

“The Summer Sunrise,” a 9.83-carat VS1 fancy vivid orange-yellow diamond ring,

sold for $810,000 at Christie’s recent online-only jewelry auction.

“The Summer Sunrise” was the sale’s second highest-grossing lot.

The 9.83-carat, VS1 fancy vivid orange-yellow diamond ring sold for $810,000, followed by a 10.08-carat emerald-cut diamond ring with tapered baguette-cut diamond accents in platinum and white gold that went for $325,000. At No. 4 was a pair of earrings set with pear brilliant-cut diamonds weighing 5.05 carats and 5.01 carats in platinum that sold for $250,000. Rounding out the top five was the 6.29-carat oval diamond, triangular-cut diamond, and platinum ring seen below, which sold for $237,500.