Christie’s will offer an 18.72-carat diamond ring at its upcoming New York sale, where it is set to fetch up to $500,000.
The pear modified brilliant-cut, light-brown-pink, SI2-clarity diamond ring will headline the March 24 to April 2 Jewels Online auction, Christie’s said Monday. The company will exhibit the lots at its headquarters in the Rockefeller Center between March 27 and 31.
The sale consists of 197 lots, many by well-known designers such as Bulgari, Cartier, David Webb, and Van Cleef & Arpels. Christie’s will also present the private collection of a distinguished family, containing 51 lots that span antique jewels to 1970s designs, including eight David Webb pieces the family purchased in 1967, the auction house said.
Here are the rest of the top 10 items:
A Graff pendant necklace with a pear modified brilliant-cut, 10.11-carat, D-color, VVS1-clarity diamond is expected to go for up to $500,000. This ring features a pear brilliant-cut, 2.97-carat, fancy-purplish-pink, VS2-clarity diamond center stone between shield-shaped diamonds weighing a total of 1 to 1.5 carats. It has an upper estimate of $500,000. These earrings have square emerald-cut, D-color diamonds: one a 5.15-carat, VS1-clarity and the other a 5.01-carat, VVS2-clarity. The set carries a high estimate of $300,000. This bracelet contains 31 emerald-cut diamonds totaling 46.88 carats and is being offered with no reserve price. It could bring in up to $250,000. Bearing a pear brilliant-cut, 6.44-carat, D-color, VVS2-clarity diamond and tapered baguette-cut diamond side stones, this Harry Winston ring, offered without reserve, has a high estimate of $250,000. Christie’s will sell this ring, featuring a cut-cornered rectangular mixed-cut, 14.22-carat, fancy-intense-yellow, VS1-clarity diamond, for up to $250,000. Also going on the block is a ring with a rectangular emerald-cut, 16.13-carat Ceylon sapphire as well as round and baguette-cut diamonds. It has a top price tag of $250,000. This square emerald-cut, 15.57-carat, L-color, VS1-clarity diamond ring is set to go on sale without reserve, carrying a high estimate of $220,000. A ring with a rectangular emerald-cut, 14.49-carat Colombian emerald and rectangular step-cut diamonds will also be on sale. It has an upper price of $200,000.
Main image: The 18.72-carat brownish-pink diamond ring. (Christie’s)
