A Purple-Pink Diamond Just Sold for a Record $13.98 Million at Auction

A Purple-Pink Diamond Just Sold for a Record $13.98 Million at Auction

The Marie-Thérèse purple-pink diamond, a 10.38 carat stunner, fetched a record $13.98 million at Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction.

$88 Million Worth of Jewelry Was Sold at Christie's This Week. How Does That Happen?

Was it the Marie Antoinette effect? Or a sign about the state of the world?

Marie Antoinette Pink Diamond Tops Sold-Out Christie’s Auction

A JAR ring with a pink diamond thought to have belonged to Marie Antoinette was the star of the most recent jewelry sale at Christie’s in New York, doubling its estimate to bring in $14 million.  The piece features the Marie-Thérèse Pink Diamond, a kite-shaped, 10.38-carat, fancy-purple-pink stone, which is believed to date back to the mid-18th century. It was allegedly included in a parcel Marie Antoinette entrusted to her most faithful hairdre…