Sotheby's News

The sale set a new world auction for a natural pearl

The ring is made entirely of a lab-grown stone estimated at $250,000

The sale includes blue diamond earrings worth at least $8 million

Marie Antoinette's jewellery, unseen in public for 200 years, went on show in London

The ring is decorated with baguette diamonds and mounted in 18 karat white gold

Only 47 yellow gold watches were made in that model

Sotheby’s Important Jewels & Watches auction raked in $2.93 million

Among the items is a solid gold head of model Kate Moss made by Marc Quinn

The queen’s jewels, which feature natural pearls and diamonds, were never seen in public before

The Farnese Blue fetched $6,713,837 - well above its maximum estimate of $5.2 million

The 51.71-carat is estimated at $8.2-$9.5 million, while the 50.39-carat stone is estimated at $7.3-$8 million

However, a 14.18-carat, fancy blue diamond ring, surrounded by pink diamonds, failed to sell

The Farnese Blue, a 6.16-carat pear shaped blue diamond was given to Elisabeth Farnese, Queen of Spain, in 1715

“The Circle of Heaven” is a jadeite bangle estimated at at least $10,230,000

According to Sotheby’s, it is "the rarest white diamond ever to come to the market"

Asian clients contributed $1.6 billion - over 30% of Sotheby’s 2017 worldwide sales

Sotheby’s Jewellery division has announced that its sales for 2017 totaled $551,300,000

Laurence Nicolas created and headed Christian Dior’s fine jewelry and watches division