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The Art of de GRISOGONO, 'Creation 1' Breaks Records

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Industry records were broken as Christie's auctioned de GRISOGONO's ground-breaking necklace, 'The Art of de GRISOGONO, Creation 1', at the landmark Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva, with the necklace achieving the price of CHF 33,500,000 / US$ 33,701,000.

This breath-taking masterpiece, designed by Fawaz Gruosi, Founder and Creative Director of de GRISOGONO, features a 163.41-carat Flawless D-Colour diamond, cut from the historical 404-carat diamond.  This was extracted from the Lulo mine in Angola by the listed Australian mining company, Lucapa Diamond Caompany.

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"The Pink Promise" Diamond Sells for World Record of Nearly 32 Million



The highlight of Christie's Magnificent Jewels Hong Kong auction, a 14.93 carat Fancy Vivid pink diamond, sold for $31,861,000, a world-record per-carat price for any pink diamond over 10 carats. Known as "The Pink Promise Diamond," the stone is certified as Fancy Vivid Pink diamond, the most prized color grade of all pink diamonds. The sale of the Pink Promise diamond represented a lucrative gamble for its previous owner, diamonteer and haute jeweler Stephen Silver. Mr. Silver recut a 16.21 carat Fancy Intense pink diamond in a quest to achieve the stone's maximum color potential, and the risky rec ...

The Graff Pink - $46,000,000



This is considered the most expensive piece of jewelry in the world.

The Graff Pink, a rare 24.78 carat pink diamond, once owned by American celebrity jeweler Harry Winston, has been described as "one of the greatest diamonds ever discovered".

The diamond, mounted in a ring, was sold by Sotheby's auctioneers in Geneva, Switzerland on 16 November 2010.

Before its sale, the stone was expected to enter the list of the top ten most expensive diamonds in the world; on selling for US $46 million it became the most expensive single j ...