About Christie’s in New York end of the season, 56 million U.S. dollars

New York–Christie’s New York tallied up $56 million in sales for its spring season, a grand total that was due–in part–to a last-minute boost from the auction house’s “New York Jewels” sale on Tuesday, which realized more than $15.2 million. tiffany charms

Sell-through rates for the New York Jewels sale were 84 percent by lot and 82 percent by value, making for a total $15,226,275 in sales, the auction house said in a news release.

The top lot of the sale, and of the spring season at Christie’s, was a 27.03-carat, cushion-cut, D color, VVS1, Type IIA diamond. Estimated between $2.5 million and $3.5 million, the stone ultimately fetched a price of $3,554,500, or $131,500 per carat, from a private buyer from Asia.

The June 15 auction also set two world auction record prices with the sale of a modified square-cut fancy intense orangey-pink diamond. Estimated between $1 million and $1.5 million, the 10.19-carat stone sold for $2,322,500 to William Goldberg, the prestigious diamond corporation based in New York’s Diamond District. The sale set a world auction record price per carat and for a fancy intense orangey-pink stone, according to Christie’s. Swiss Replica Watches

Other colored diamonds made it into Christie’s top 10 for the sale, including a 12.50-carat, pear-shaped light pink diamond ring that sold for $1,482,500 ($119,000 per carat); a 3.01-carat hexagonal fancy intense pink diamond that sold for $662,500 ($220,000 per carat); and a 6.36-carat rectangular-cut fancy vivid yellow, VS1 diamond that sold for $374,500 ($59,000 per carat). ghd mk4

Diamond jewelry lots making the top 10 included a pair of cushion-cut diamond ear pendants, featuring 12.02 carats and 11.60 carats, respectively (sold for $662,500); a natural pearl and diamond necklace (sold for $338,500) and a diamond riviere necklace with 64 graduated diamonds (sold for $266,500).