Christie's auction house held jewelry auctions in Paris, which resulted in revenue of $ 8.2 million and sold 83% of the lot, reports Rapaport.
The most expensive lot at the last auction was a ring with a 10.93 carat color D cut diamonds, VVS2 purity, type IIa, sold with a significant excess of pre-auction valuation for $ 1 million, or $ 91,523 per carat.
A necklace of natural pearls, diamonds, platinum and gold went under the hammer for at $ 918,519, twice the pre-auction estimate. The platinum ring from the Chaumet brand with diamonds and Kashmir sapphire is sold almost three times as much as the upper bound of the preliminary estimate - for $ 763,046.
Marie-Laurence Tixier, head of Christie's jewelry division in Paris, said that revenue at this auction was the second-largest in the history of the unit, noting that most of the bidders were betting on the phone and online, 75 participants were registered.