(15 May 2013) SHOTLIST
1. Various of diamond
2. Wide, zoom in of diamond auction
3. Cutaway poster of diamond
4. Various of auction
5. Final stage of auction and auctioneer banging gavel on final, winning bid
6. Diamond on display
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rahul Kadakia, Head of Christie's New York jewellery department:
"101 carat diamond was purchased by Harry Winston, the firm of Harry Winston, which was recently acquired by the Swatch group for one billion dollars. This was their first major purchase to announce the acquisition and the name of the diamond as the Winston Legacy to keep with the great legacy of Harry Winston and his firm."
8. Diamond on display
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Rahul Kadakia, Head of Christie's New York jewellery department:
"The stone made just about 27 (m) million dollars which is a new world auction record for a colourless diamond."
10. Reporters taking photos of diamond on display
STORYLINE
A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana commanded an unearthly price of 26.7 (m) million US dollars at Christie's auction house in Geneva on Wednesday.
Christie's said it was a record sale price for the largest D-colour flawless diamond ever offered at auction - a whopping 101.73 carats that took 21 months to polish.
Its formal dollar price, made available by the auction house shortly after the sale, included a final buyer's premium.
As it was the first time the gem had come up for sale, the buyer was entitled to name it.
The new owners named the diamond "The Winston Legacy," after Harry Winston - whose firm was recently acquired by Swatch for one (b) billion US dollars.
The pear-shaped gem accounted for more than a quarter of the 102 (m) million US dollars in sales rung up by Christie's on Wednesday night, a night after Sotheby's had 78 (m) million US dollars in sales.


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