A pink diamond became the world's most expensive jewelry after it was sold in an auction for US $ 71 million or about Rp 949 billion.
As reported by CNBC News, Tuesday, April 4, 2017, The Pink Star, the largest diamond weighing 59.6 carats, was recorded in history as a jeweler with the highest price after selling Sotheby's auction house in Hong Kong.The Pink Star managed to beat the record ever recorded the Oppenheimer Blue diamond, which sold for US $ 57.6 million in May. While other diamonds that also have recorded history as the most expensive jewelry is another pink diamond, Graff Pink, for US $ 46.2 million in 2010.
Three parties bid to buy this diamond during a tense five-minute bidding process.Head of Sotheby Asia Patti Wong then announced the winner who successfully brought this beautiful diamond, namely Chow Tai Fook, jewelry expert from Hong Kong. Actually, The Pink Star was once sold at a price higher than this, which is US $ 83 million, by Sotheby's in an auction in Geneva in 2013. But the buyer finished his intention. The Pink Star was mined in Africa by De Beers in 1999 with a gross weight of 132.5 carats. It took two years to cut and polish this diamond into the oval.This diamond was first exhibited publicly in 2003 at an event at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington.
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