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Harry Winston buys $26.7mn diamond at auction

by AFPRelaxnews in Jewelry on 17th May 2013 | No Comments »

Prestigious jeweller Harry Winston, which was acquired earlier this year by Swatch Group, bought a new colourless, flawless 101.73-carat diamond for a record $26.7 million at an auction in Geneva on Wednesday, auction house Christie’s said.

Masterpiece found at Ritz sold to New York’s Met

by AFPRelaxnews in Art on 20th April 2013 | No Comments »

A 400-year-old masterpiece that only came to light during a renovation at Paris’s Ritz hotel has been sold for $1.88 million to New York’s Metropolitan Museum.

Princie Diamond Sells for $39 Million

by AFPRelaxnews in Jewelry on 18th April 2013 | No Comments »

A 34.64-carat pink diamond has sold at auction in New York for nearly $40 million, setting a new record for Christie’s auction house.

Christie’s to start auctions in mainland China

by AFPRelaxnews in Auctions on 11th April 2013 | No Comments »

Auction house Christie’s has annouced plans to hold auctions in Shanghai, from fall 2013, after having recieved a license to operate independently on the mainland.

World’s largest egg up for sale in UK

by admin in Auctions on 3rd April 2013 | No Comments »

A rare and complete sub-fossilized Elephant bird egg that is more than 100 times the size of an ordinary chicken egg is up for auction in London.

Christie’s to auction ‘perfect’ new 102-carat diamond

by AFPRelaxnews in Auctions on 15th March 2013 | No Comments »

Christie’s on Wednesday said it would put up for auction “one of the world’s most perfect diamonds” — a new colourless, pear-shaped gem weighing 101.73 carats.