Find out more here: [ Ссылка ]. The extraordinary Fancy Vivid Pink 59.60-carat diamond sold for a record-breaking $71.2 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on 4 April 2017 making it the most expensive diamond in the world. Discover its secrets revealed during the unveiling of the largest Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid pink diamond ever graded by the GIA in London.

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What we're seeing at Sotheby's in London today is the largest Fancy Vivid pink ever graded by the GIA, therefore probably the largest of its kind in the world. And it's for sale for sale by Sotheby's in Hong Kong on the 4th of April with an estimate of 60 million dollars.

Maria: I'm with David Bennett who is worldwide chairman of jewellery at Sotheby's, so David, tell me what are we seeing today?

David: The GIA say it's the largest Vivid Pink internally flawless diamond they've ever graded and it's a sensation, I mean it's an oval shaped stone, it's as pink as can be and as bright as can be.

Maria: This diamond was mined by De Beers in Africa in 1999 and it came from a rough of over 132 carats.

David: This stone is so large compared with other things that it's off the scale how much bigger it is than all the others.

Maria: Just seeing the Pink Star you can understand that it's exceptional because of that amazing colour, but its size is really out of this world, and the closest comparison we can draw is the Graff Pink, at 24 carats so half the size, sold for 48 million in 2010. Now this isn't quite the same colour grading, but it is also a type ll A making it very rare.

Maria: The Graff Pink is just around 24 carats isn't it?

David: It was intense pink

Maria: Is that what's making the price difference do you think?

David: yes I mean Vivid Pink's the most highly prized of all the colours because it's the most saturated of the colours.

Maria: You mentioned earlier that this has come up for auction before hasn't it? this stone

David: 2013, and unfortunately the buyer was unable to complete the purchase, so we've now, with our partners, decided it's about time to put it up for sale again.

I think it's a wonderful stone and we'll see what happens on the 4th of April in Hong Kong.

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