14 DAY TRIAL // This past Wednesday, a pear-shaped diamond sold for a whopping $26.7 million (€20.7 million) at an auction held in Geneva. According to auction house Christie's, the 101.73-carat stone sold for a record price.
“The top lot of the sale was an exceptional pear-shaped D colour, Flawless diamond of 101.73 carats which sold for SFr.25,883,750 / US$26,737,913 / €20,707,000 (US$254,400 per carat), setting a new world record at auction for a colourless diamond,” the auction house writes on its official website.
Information shared with the public says that the stone is now the property of the Harry Winston Diamond Corporation.
“Harry Winston acquired the most perfect diamond ever offered for sale at auction, ‘Winston Legacy’, continuing the tradition of buying and selling only the very best, a trait of the founder Mr. Winston himself,” said Rahul Kadakia, the current head of jewelry for Christie's Switzerland and Americas.