An 11-and-a-half carat pink diamond sold for a world record price at auction Friday — $57.7 million. That’s more than $5 million per carat.And it shatters the previous record of nearly $2.7 million per carat for a fancy vivid pink diamond that sold in 2018.The flawless Williamson Pink Star Diamond was found in the Williamson Mine Tanzania, one of the oldest operating diamond mines in the world.The chairman of jewelry and watches at Sotheby’s Asia told Forbes the diamond has the best qualities possible for a pink diamond.The diamond was auctioned off Friday at Sotheby’s Hong Kong.
An 11-and-a-half carat pink diamond sold for a world record price at auction Friday — $57.7 million.
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That’s more than $5 million per carat.
And it shatters the previous record of nearly $2.7 million per carat for a fancy vivid pink diamond that sold in 2018.
The flawless Williamson Pink Star Diamond was found in the Williamson Mine Tanzania, one of the oldest operating diamond mines in the world.
The chairman of jewelry and watches at Sotheby’s Asia told Forbes the diamond has the best qualities possible for a pink diamond.
The diamond was auctioned off Friday at Sotheby’s Hong Kong.
