Unusual earrings sold at auction in Geneva
May 16 in the house Sotheby's was an auction of jewelry and precious stones - Magnificent Jewels & Noble Jewels. At the auction this year, there are many unique specimens of jewelry, attracting fans of this art around the world. The auction stars were Apollo and Artemis Diamonds, an unusual pair of earrings, with a pink and bluish diamond.
The names of colored stones come from the names of the gods, revered in ancient Greece - Apollo and Artemis. Being an impeccable blue diamond of intense color with a weight of 14.54 carats, Apollo Blue is estimated at 38-50 million dollars. Irreproachable pink diamond 16-carat Artemis, estimated at 12.5-18 million dollars.
Both copies belong to the second type of diamonds, being the rarest stones in the world. Earrings were put up for sale separately, but the anonymous buyer decided to buy a pair. Finally, diamonds reached a record price of $ 57 million.