HONG KONG, China — A rare pink diamond has
sold in Hong Kong for nearly $58 million, setting a record for price per carat
paid at auction for any diamond or gemstone, according to Sotheby’s.
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The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star on Friday
fetched HK$453.2 million ($57.7 million), the second-highest price paid at
auction for any jewel, Sotheby’s added.
The winning bid, by an undisclosed buyer from Boca
Raton, Florida, was more than twice the estimated $21 million sale price.
The stone was the second-largest pink diamond to be
sold at auction. Pink diamonds are the rarest of the precious gems and the most
in-demand on the global market.
The world record for a pink diamond was set in 2017,
when a stone known as the CTF Pink Star was sold in Hong Kong for $71.2
million.
Friday’s sale “not only attests to the resilient
demand for top quality diamonds in Asia, but a heightened awareness of the
great scarcity of pink diamonds”, said Wenhao Yu, chairman of jewelry and
watches at Sotheby’s Asia.
The Williamson Pink Star was named after two other
pink diamonds: the record-setting CTF Pink Star and the Williamson Stone, a
23.6-carat diamond given as a wedding present to Queen Elizabeth II in 1947.
Tobias Kormind, managing director of UK jewel
retailer 77 Diamonds, said the “astounding” sale proved high-quality diamonds
could still fetch major prices in a shaky economy.
“Hard assets such as world-class diamonds have a history of
performing well even in times of instability,” he said.
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