Is it time to smash another auction record? Maybe! This big blue diamond is the largest to come to auction in recent years. Weighing 15.10ct - we may be looking at a record breaker! Given the craze for rare fancy coloured diamonds, this will be one to watch...
ADDENDUM: This is not the biggest blue diamond to ever come to auction!! This title currently belongs to The Wittelsbach diamond, which weighed 35.56ct before being recut to 31.06ct and renamed the "Wittelsbach Graff". This diamond has been graded Fancy Deep Blue. The De Beers Cullinan Blue is the largest Fancy Vivid Blue to ever come to auction. I apologise for my mistake - I can't believe it. I've been to lectures on the Whittlesbach graff and still... wow.
Hello, gem & jewellery professionals!
SOLD - This 15.1ct big blue diamond SOLD at Sotheby's in April 2022! It sold for $57.47 million USD (including auction fees) at Sotheby's Hong Kong. Learn all about this exceptionally rare diamond, whilst Julia explores which records this big blue could potentially break (and the prices needed to achieve this at auction)! #recordbreaker
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 The De Beers Cullinan Blue - Info
01:28 Size / weight
02:24 Colour
02:46 Cut / shape
03:39 Clarity
04:06 Provenance/rough crystal
04:49 Possible sale price and record-breakers
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This video was written, produced, and edited by Julia Griffith FGA DGA EG of The Gem Academy. Fellow gemmologist and industry friend :)
