Christie’s New York begins the fall auction season with an exceptional line-‐up of fine jewels, important diamonds and rare colored gemstones to highlight its sale of Magnificent Jewels on October 15.
In keeping with collector demand after the historic sale of the Princie diamond, the most valuable Golconda diamond ever sold at auction, this sale offers a trio of colored diamonds of superior quality, depth of color, tone and saturation.
Leading the scores of gems is a rectangular-‐cut Fancy Intense Pink diamond ring of 8.77 carats (Estimate:$5,500,000 – 6,500,000),a cushion-‐cut Fancy Vivid Blue diamond ring of 3.81 carats (Estimate:$2,500,000 – 3,500,000), and a square-‐cut Fancy Vivid Yellow diamond ring of 5.13 carats (Estimate:$200,000 – 300,000) all of which have been consigned by distinguished gem collectors.
The honorable Noreen Stonor Drexel of Newport, Rhode Island
For the people of Newport, Rhode Island, one woman served as the personification of their community’s beauty and generosity: Mrs. Noreen Stonor Drexel. Mrs. Drexel was the descendant of Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island.
The collection of Noreen Stonor Drexel offers some of the finest examples of David Webb jewels from the 1960s and 1970s ever presented at auction.
Importante private collections
The October 15 New York Magnificent Jewels auction will present the Historic “Mystery-‐Set” Sapphire, Diamond and Colored Diamond Argentine Flag Brooch (estimate: $300,000 – 500,000), by Van Cleef & Arpels, formerly the property of Eva Perón.
Additional top private collections include, from “one of the grandest dames in San Francisco Society,” The Diana Dollar Knowles Collection, highlighted by a rectangular-‐cut F color diamond of 17.00 carats (estimate: $500,000 – 700,000) and beautiful a pave set diamond link necklace by Boucheron (estimate: $80,000 –120,000).
An impressive rectangular-‐cut I color diamond ring of 16.21 carats, by Lorraine Schwartz (estimate: $300,000 – 500,000), is being offered as the Property of a Gentleman with a portion of the proceeds to benefit a charity.
