Rare Green Diamond Sells For €2 Million At Sotheby’S

Rare Green Diamond Sells For €2 Million At Sotheby’S

We often think of diamonds as pure, brilliant white, and most of us are familiar with the popular fancy colours such as pink, yellow, blue and brown. But, how often do we think of a green colour diamond?

Well, green diamonds are extremely rare and are not a colour we are overly familiar with when associating fancy diamonds. As such, Sotheby’s have just sold an extremely rare, green, cushion shaped diamond for a huge €2 Million!! It was the highest price ever paid for a vivid green diamond, Sotheby’s said. The reason for such a high sale price was indeed because of the rarity of the piece.

The auction was held on 17th November 2009 in Geneva at the at the Hotel Beau Rivage . Totaling 2.52 carats, the rich sea green diamond was purchased by anonymous buyer. The sale also included pieces from the collections of Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia and society figure Daisy Fellowes.

Many pieces signed by Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier, Harry Winston, Tiffany and Co., and Van Cleef and Arpels, and other jewelry houses past and present were also up for sale.