The Bleu Royal blue diamond sold in Geneva for almost $44 million. The agency writes about this Reuters.
Bleu Royal is a pear-shaped marine diamond set in the ring and surrounded by two white diamonds. Journalists noted that this jewel was the largest ever offered at auction. It weighs 17.61 carats.
However, the stone is not considered the most expensive stone ever sold. However, it surpasses the others in size. The diamond was kept in a private collection for almost 50 years.
The process of purchasing the jewelery was completed over the phone in a record time of just seven minutes. The buyer of the stone preferred to remain anonymous.
Under the hammer at the end of April gone another large blue diamond. It was sold for 450,925,000 Hong Kong dollars, or 57.5 million dollars.
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