Auction

A number of jewels belonging to late Queen singer Freddie Mercury sold for multiple times their high estimates at Sotheby’s London this week, including a bangle he wore in the band’s “Bohemian [...]

Sotheby’s will offer an 11.28-carat blue diamond in a single-lot Hong Kong auction, where it is expected to fetch up to $37 million. The October 5 sale of the radiant-cut, fancy-vivid blue [...]

The Estrela de Fura, a 55.22-carat Mozambique ruby, sold for $34.8 million at Sotheby’s on Thursday, establishing a world-record auction price for any colored gemstone. Fetching $630,288 per [...]

The top item at the February 3 Important Jewels sale in Hong Kong was a bracelet with 13 graduated step-cut Colombian emeralds weighing a total of 19.41 carats. The piece, which also contained 13 [...]

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian placed the winning bid at Sotheby’s London for the Attallah Cross, a piece of jewelry favored by Princess Diana. The item, a one-off private commission created by [...]

The Diavik Midnight Sun, a yellow and pink diamond ring made up of stones from Rio Tinto’s diamond mines, has been unveiled in Sydney, Australia, recently.   The ring features yellow [...]

A 31.62-carat Fancy blue diamond pendant necklace is estimated to fetch between $10 million and $15 million at Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction next month, IDEX Online reports.   The [...]

An amethyst and diamond pendant worn by Princess Diana to several events will lead the upcoming Royal and Noble sale at Sotheby’s, where it is expected to fetch up to GBP 120,000 ($145,670). [...]

Sotheby’s will offer a yellow diamond weighing more than 300 carats at its upcoming New York auction, where it is expected to bring in more than $15 million. The pear-shaped, 303.10-carat, [...]

A richly colored diamond initially suspected to be treated soared past expectations at Heritage Auctions last week, fetching $1.8 million and setting a record for the Texas-based company. The [...]