Shortly after, the 10.57-carat Eternal Pink, a.k.a. the most vivid pink diamond to ever come to market, hammered down for $34.8 million ($3.29 million per carat). It set a world auction record for a fancy vivid purplish-pink diamond and a new price-per-carat record for the color grade, according to Sotheby’s.

The Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels sale in New York held June 8 is the first auction to sell two items for more than $30 million

The 55.22-carat Estrela de Fury from Mozambique, the largest ruby to have been sold at a public auction, achieved a hammer price of US$30 million after 90 seconds of bidding. Moments later, a diamond Sotheby’s calls “ Eternal Pink ,

A 10.5-carat diamond named the “Eternal Pink” sold at auction Thursday for just under $35 million. This gem is extremely rare for achieving the highest grade available for the already uncommon pink diamonds. It’s also been classed as “internally flawless.”

A 55.22-carat ruby, the largest gem-quality ruby ever to come to market, was sold by auction house Sotheby’s yesterday for $34.8 million. Known as the Estrela de Fura, or Star o

STORY: This pink diamond sold for $34.8 millionat auction, setting a new world recordDate: File - March 27, 2023‘The Eternal Pink’ is 10.57 carats and comes from a mine in Botswana(Frank Everett, Sotheby’s New York)"You can't underestimate the rarity of coming across a stone this clear and this intense or vivid in terms of the color at this size.