GENEVA - The largest pear-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond ever put up for auction sold for 28.4 million Swiss francs (S$40.3 million) at a Christie's sale of rare jewels on Tuesday (Nov 8), the auctioneer said.
The Fortune Pink Diamond - which weighs 18.18 carats, which Christie's had called a fortuitous number for Asian collectors - had been estimated to go for US$25 million (S$35 million) to US$35 million.
The largest vivid pink diamond sold at Christie's was the 18.96-carat Winston Pink Legacy, which got US$50.4 million in 2018, a world record price per carat for a pink diamond sold at auction.
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