High value diamond adds serious sparkle to online sale

The largest D-colour diamond ever offered online.

A Spectacular 28.86-carat ring, the largest D-colour diamond ever offered online, will come up at Christie's Jewels in New York from June 16-30. With a purity of colour and transparency found only in the finest natural diamonds, this stone is estimated at $1-2 million. It is the highest valued lot ever offered online by Christie's.

One of the oldest diamond shapes, the emerald cut has stylistic origins tracing back to the 1500s. During the Art Deco movement in the 1920s, the cut was modernised based on a shape initially created for emeralds and the style rose in popularity.

Christie's has seen an unprecedented online engagement from clients during the first part of 2020. There have been bidders from over 150 countries and new registrants have run as high as 80% on select sales. In particular, there have been strong results for Jewels Online sales with sell through rates from 89% to 99%. Overall sales totals have achieved double their pre-sale estimates. Encouraged by this record online participation Christie's Jewels has enhanced its online sales calendar to include higher value property with a new sale each month.

A 1916 view of Roundstone by Jack B. Yeats, once in the collection of Oliver St John Gogarty, is at Morgan O'Driscoll's online sale of Irish art which runs to June 8.

Meantime, the catalogue for Morgan O'Driscoll's next online sale of Irish art is now live. There is work by George Russell, Jack Yeats, Patrick Hennessy, Paul Henry, Sean McSweeney, Mary Fedden, Pauline Bewick, Dan O'Neill and many other artists whose work is sought after.