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When most people mention auction-level jewelry, they always feel that it is worth hundreds of billions of yuan. In fact, in a jewelry auction, there should be lots at different price levels, from tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions to tens of millions of millions. The number of lots at both ends is the lowest, most of which are concentrated in the two steps of hundreds of thousands and millions.

The main categories of the lot include color diamonds, white diamonds, rubies, emeralds, sapphires, pearls and other precious stones; Oriental auction houses will add unique categories: jadeite, Hotan Jade, etc; Brands, designers, antiques and jewelry will also occupy a certain share.

Color Diamond

The carat, clarity and cutting standard of color diamonds are the same as that of white diamonds (Cape diamonds), and the only difference is in the color.

GIA evaluates color diamonds with nine levels: Fant weak, Very Light very light, Light medium light, Fancy Light light light, Fancy medium color, Fancy Dark dark color, Fancy Intense thick color, Fancy Deep deep color, Fancy Vivid bright color.

Among them, the bright color Fancy Vivid is the best, and the color is bright and attractive. Many of the high-priced colored diamonds in the following are mostly in the bright color and thick color levels. In terms of cutting, color diamonds are usually cut into fancy chisels, the most common are Emerald Cut emerald, Heart Shape Heart, Pear Shape Pear, Cushion Shape Pillow, etc. In addition to taking care, fancy chiseling can often better highlight the color. There will be a big difference in price between 1.00 carat white diamond and 0.99 carat white diamond, but for color diamond, the difference may be even greater. Color diamond itself is synonymous with luxury.

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In the previous chapter, Diamond Tai introduced this 59.60 carat flawless oval bright color pink diamond, formerly known as "Pink Star Pink Star", which is the highest auction price record of diamonds and jewelry in the world. Later, it was auctioned by Chow Tai Fook Group, now known as "CTF Pink Chow Tai Fook Pink Diamond".

"Chow Tai Fook Powder Diamond", transaction price: HK $550 million.

Another 15.38 carat Fancy Vivid Pink fresh color pink VVS2 clarity pink diamond is the holder of the highest price of fresh color pink diamond at present.

Transaction price: 215 million yuan

A few years ago, a customer was obsessed with such a bright color pink diamond and wanted to help her find one. At that time, the market price was already at one million yuan/carat. Later, the pink diamond was sent from overseas with insurance. She felt that the budget was not enough, but she still had to pay 10000 yuan of insurance. We all laughed that this pink diamond was 10000 yuan at a glance.

Blue diamond

Compared with pink diamond, blue diamond represents low-key and calm luxury, rare quantity and difficulty to achieve full chroma. Historically, the famous diamond HOPE hopes that the diamond is a blue diamond, 44.05 carats, Fancy Deep Blue dark blue, just like a sapphire.

There is a big problem with blue diamonds. Like pink diamonds, there are few blue diamonds and most of them are gray.

Moreover, the color of blue diamonds is often unevenly distributed. Different parts of the original stone often have different shades. Therefore, cutting a bright blue diamond with pure and uniform color has become the biggest challenge for professional cutters. They have to spend several months studying the cutting ratio to ensure that it has the best dispersion and color concentration.

Let's take another look at the world auction record. This 12.03 carat Fancy Vivid Blue bright blue diamond, also known as "Blue Moon Blue Moonlight", is the holder of the record of the highest transaction price per carat in the world.

Transaction price: 340 million yuan

The buyer of this diamond was Liu Luanxiong. At that time, he also got a 10-carat Burmese pigeon blood red ruby. He gave the blue diamond and the red treasure to Lv Lijun and Gamby's two daughters, who were named "Zoe Red Zoe Ruby" and "The Blue Moon of Josephine Josephine Blue Diamond" after their daughters.

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Green diamond

The green diamond with the best color is relatively rare in the shooting field and on the market. Its color formation is due to natural radiation, so it is often accumulated on the surface, and it is difficult to be full and uniform. Fancy Vivid can hardly find a few.

Fancy Vivid Green bright green diamond

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Yellow diamonds are also known as gold diamonds. Compared with blue diamonds and pink diamonds, yellow diamonds are more common, but yellow diamonds that reach the bright color level are rare. According to the statistics of the American Gem Association, less than 5% of the yellow diamonds identified by it are bright color yellow diamonds. The most attractive bright color yellow can be as yellow as the feathers of a canary, and is very suitable for Asian skin. It is my favorite diamond.

This yellow diamond is the largest bright yellow diamond known at present, weighing 110.34 carats.

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In fact, in addition to positive yellow, there is a more rare color in the yellow series, orange.

This record-breaking pillow shaped bright color orange diamond, 4.19 carats, Fancy Vivid Orange bright color orange, VVS1 clarity, is known as "flashing orange".

The orange diamond with full color is a bit warmer than the yellow one, and a bit more playful than the brown one.

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