Pink diamond sells for record-breaking $49.9M at Hong Kong auction

A pink diamond was offered for $49.9 million in Hong Kong final Friday, setting a world document for the best worth per carat for a diamond offered at public sale.

The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond, auctioned by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, offered for $392 million Hong Kong dollars ($49.9 million). It was initially estimated at $21 million.

The Williamson Pink Star attracts its title from two legendary pink diamonds. The primary is the 23.60-carat Williamson diamond which was offered to the late Queen Elizabeth II as a marriage present in 1947, whereas the second is the 59.60-carat Pink Star diamond that offered for a document $71.2 million at public sale in 2017.

The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond sold for $49.9 million at an auction in Hong Kong.
The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond offered for $49.9 million at an public sale in Hong Kong.
Yui Mok/Pool Photograph through AP
The diamond set a world record for highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction.
The diamond set a world document for highest worth per carat for a diamond offered at public sale.
Sotheby's through AP

The Williamson Pink Star is the second-largest pink diamond to look at public sale. Pink diamonds are among the many rarest and Most worthy of the coloured diamonds.

“That is an astounding end result, proving the resilience of high diamonds in a shaky economic system,” stated Tobias Kormind, managing director of 77 Diamonds.

“Arduous belongings similar to world-class diamonds have a historical past of performing properly even in occasions of instability,” he stated. “A few of the world’s highest high quality diamonds have seen costs double during the last 10 years.”

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