Today (November 29) Alrosa is holding a silent auction for the sale of the The Dynasty, with more than 130 participants already registered for the auction, “including both the firms and private clients”, according to Alrosa. The auction will be held at ALROSA’s online trading platform, with each diamond put for auction individually.
Introduced by Alrosa in August 2016, the Dynasty is made up of five diamonds created from a 179-carat rough diamond named The Romanovs, and recovered from the Nyurbinskaya kimberlite pipe in Yakutia in 2015. The centerpiece of the collection, also named The Dynasty, is a 51.38-carat traditional round brilliant-cut diamond – “the purest of all large diamonds manufactured throughout the Russian jewelry history”, according to Alrosa. It was graded Triple Excellent, D, VVS1 by the GIA – the highest grades for each category.
The Dynasty Diamond has already “toured” Vladivostok, Hong Kong and Moscow, accompanied by the Director and VP of Diamonds ALROSA and a PR team from Alrosa. The diamond was presented to potential clients in Israel for four days in October, and then moved on to “tour” New York.
Yury Okoyomov, Vice President of Alrosa, said: “The Dynasty is the first branded polished diamond collection for ALROSA, which was widely known only as a mining company before. The collection gives a start to a new stage in the development of ALROSA’s cutting division, DIAMONDS ALROSA. We finalized the international previews of The Dynasty, and now we are ready for the auction. Hundreds of industry and private clients have reviewed The Dynasty collection during the roadshow. Their positive feedback and high level of interest confirm that we succeeded in manufacturing a unique and highest quality collection of polished diamonds”.
