사상 최고가 '블루 다이아몬드' 경매 Blue diamond soars to world record $57.6 million at Christie's:VIDEO

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   최고급 품질에 14.52캐럿의 거대한 블루 다이아몬드가 18일 스위스 제네바에서 경매에 부쳐져, 5,683만 7천 스위스 프랑(한화 약 681억 원)에 낙찰됐다. 


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경매 대형업체 크리스티가 이처럼 밝혔다. 로이터 통신 등에 의하면, 경매에서 낙찰된 보석 중 과거 최고가라고 한다.


이전 소유자의 이름을 따 ‘오펜하이머 블루’라고 불리는 이 다이아몬드는 장방형을 띄며 경매에 부쳐진 블루 다이아몬드 중에서는 가장 큰 크기라고 한다. 낙찰 예상 가격은 3,800만~4,500만 스위스 프랑(한화 약 458억~542억 원)이었다. 낙찰한 사람이 누구인지는 밝혀지지 않았다.


지금까지의 경매 최고가는 제네바에서 지난해 11월에 낙찰된 블루 다이아몬드의 약 4,863만 스위스 프랑(한화 약 586억 원)이었다.


제네바에서는 지난 17일에도 선명한 색상으로 매우 희소한 15.38 캐럿의 핑크 다이아몬드가 경매에 부쳐져 3,082만 6천 스위스 프랑(한화 약 371억 원)에 낙찰됐다. 【제네바 교도】


Blue diamond soars to world record $57.6 million at Christie's


GENEVA | BY STEPHANIE NEBEHAY

A Christie's employee poses with the 14.62 carats Oppenheimer Blue diamond during a preview in Geneva, 

Switzerland May 12, 2016.

REUTERS/DENIS BALIBOUSE/FILE PHOTO


The "Oppenheimer Blue", a large and rare diamond, sold for 56.837 million Swiss francs ($57.6 million) at auction on Wednesday, setting a world record for any gem after a dramatic see-saw bidding process, Christie's in Geneva said.


"It's the most expensive jewel ever sold at auction," Christie's spokeswoman Alexandra Kindermann told Reuters.


The previous record was held by the "Blue Moon Diamond", sold at rival Sotheby's for $48.6 million last November. The new Hong Kong owner renamed that stone the "Blue Moon Josephine".


The Oppenheimer, the largest fancy vivid blue diamond ever offered at auction, is a rectangular diamond weighing 14.62 carats that previously belonged to Sir Philip Oppenheimer, who controlled the Diamond Syndicate in London. It had a pre-sale estimate of $38 million-$45 million.


The packed Geneva saleroom broke into applause as Rahul Kadakia, Christie's International Head of Jewellery, brought down the hammer after two phone bidders ended a 20-minute battle. The buyer's identity was not immediately known.


Bidding opened at 30 million Swiss francs for the blue diamond, the top lot at the half-yearly sale, and amid the long pauses between telephone bids, Kadakia quipped: "These stones come along once in a lifetime. We have to wait."


"As head of the London-based Central Selling Organization for 45 years and serving as Chairman for the Diamond Trading Company branch, Sir Philip oversaw a diamond sales cartel set up by De Beers to keep strict control over the diamond supply worldwide," the Christie's catalog said.


"Oriental Sunrise", a pair of orange-yellow diamond drop earrings sold for 11.36 million Swiss francs ($11.52 million), a spokeswoman said.


At Sotheby's on Tuesday, a rare pear-shaped vivid pink diamond fetched 30.8 million Swiss francs, purchased by a private Asian collector.


Christie's sale netted a total of 146.8 million Swiss francs ($148.69 million), falling short of Sotheby's $175.2 million.


"Two days of highly successful auctions that momentarily made us forget about a quiet market with their good results, even very good," Eric Valdieu, a Geneva-based jewelry dealer formerly with Christie's, told Reuters.


"Geneva auctions have reached new heights in total value, it's unheard of," he added.

Christie's is owned by French retail magnate Francois Pinault's holding company Artemis SA.


(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Alan Crosby)

http://uk.reuters.com/article/us-art-diamond-idUKKCN0Y92R4


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