‘The De Beers Blue'
An enormous and extremely rare blue diamond has recently sold at auction in Hong Kong for $80, 000 000 AUD.
At Paul Bram we are committed to keeping our clients up to date with all significant developments and happenings in the wonderful world of diamonds and jewellery. As such we present below a brief bulletin with regard to this sensational sale.
The diamond is known simply as ‘The De Beers Blue’, after the most famous diamond house in the world, De Beers, who were the owners of this magnificent gemstone up until the fall of the hammer at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, on Wednesday 27 April.
This is one of the highest prices ever paid for a diamond, and the news spread quickly around the world. The final price paid was $57.5 million (US), which is approximately $80 million AUD.
The diamond itself is in excess of the 15 carat mark, so it is huge. It is described as ‘step cut vivid fancy blue’ diamond, weighing 15.10 carats.
The stone was unearthed at the South African Cullinan Mine last year, by Petra Diamonds. It was then sold to De Beers and Diacore, the latter cutting and polishing the stone into its impressive final incarnation. Blue diamonds are exceedingly rare, and this one has incredible size, clarity and amazing colour, making it a total superstar stone.