Results highlight the enduring appeal of exceptional pieces by iconic high jewellery maisons such as Cartier, Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels Resilience prevails in Hong Kong’s high-end jewellery market, as evidenced by robust demand at live auctions for collector-grade fancy coloured diamonds , coloured gemstones and signed pieces from coveted international brands. At Christie’s Hong Kong’s Magnificent Jewels auction late last month, paddles went up furiously for the star lot, The Oriental Sunrise earrings, which eventually fetched HK$62.02 million.
The earrings are set with a pair of 12.20-carat and 11.96-carat fancy vivid orange-yellow, VVS2-VS1 diamonds.
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46 carats of Burmese pigeon’s blood rubies, set among diamonds, was sold for HK$49.98 million at the same auction. Additionally, a Cartier ring in platinum, set with a fancy vivid blue marquise brilliant-cut diamond of 4.
39 carats, baguette and round diamonds, fetched HK$23.36 million. Christie’s.