Rare pink diamond sells for £25 million at Geneva auction

A Christie’s employee displays a pink diamond called The Fortune Pink of 18,18 carat, during a preview at Christie’s, in Geneva, Switzerland (Martial Trezzini/Keystone/AP)

A pear-shaped 18-carat pink diamond billed as a rarity has sold at a Geneva auction for 28.4 million Swiss francs (£25 million), including fees and taxes – on the lower end of the expected range.

The Fortune Pink fancy vivid pink stone, said to be the largest of its kind and shape to go on the block, headlined Christie’s latest Geneva sale of jewellery.