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Deva Lee

The most valuable diamond earrings ever to go on auction will be bought today at Sotheby’s sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels at the Mandarin Oriental in Geneva.
Each earring will be auctioned separately, with The Apollo Blue estimated to sell for US$38–50 million, while The Artemis Pink is estimated to sell for US$12.5–18 million.


“There certainly haven’t been another pair of coloured diamonds of this size and importance ever put into auction,” says David Bennett, worldwide chairman of Sotheby’s International’s jewellery division.
The Apollo Blue is 14.54 carats, and is the biggest internally flawless fancy vivid blue diamond ever to go on auction. The Artemis Pink is 16 carats and, due to its colour and size, is exceptionally rare.
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The diamond’s colour is described as “intense”, which means it is “just one degree lower than vivid pink”, Bennett explains. The blue diamond is vivid blue, “which is the highest possible grading given by the [Gemological Institute of America] for a blue diamond”, Bennett says.

Other highlights on auction include a pair of Panthère de Cartier emerald, onyx and diamond earrings, and a ruby and diamond brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels.

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A selection of coloured diamonds – as well as high jewellery pieces by Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Tiffany and Co., Harry Winston and Bulgari – are also on auction.


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Most expensive diamond earrings ever auctioned may fetch US$70 million or more

The Apollo and Artemis Diamonds, the most valuable earrings ever to appear at auction, go on sale today at Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels and Nobel Jewels sale in Geneva. Photo: Getty

A pair of emerald, onyx and diamond earrings by Cartier goes on auction at Sotheby's sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels

A ruby and diamond brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels goes on auction at Sotheby's sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels

Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels will feature the ‘Apollo & Artemis Diamonds’, which together form the most valuable earrings ever to be offered at auction

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The Apollo and Artemis diamonds are the star lot at Sotheby’s sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels