Spectacular Diamond

[JewelFreak]

In Christies Magnificent Jewels auction in May:

284.31 ct. yellowish-gray, by Mouawad, set w/white & pink pave. Yours for $220,000 - $320,000.

 

[yennyfire]

Wow! What a stunner!

 

[kenny]

Sorry, I just don't care much for the color or the diamond's opacity, though IMHO the design of the jewelry is nice.

 

[JewelFreak]

Agree about the necklace design & the diamond's opacity, Kenny. I kind of like the color. It was interesting that the Christies catalog does not mention clarity, I suppose because there ain't none?

--- Laurie

 

[chrono]

The FCD isn't attractive to me but the necklace is spectacular!

 

[VapidLapid]

That metal work is beautiful, but the stone looks like a moo-wad

 

[kenny]

Is Pondscumish Green a GIA hue?

Is I19 a clarity grade?

Seriously, doesn't someone decide which diamonds are worthy of jewelry and which should be installed in drill bits for oil exploration?

 

[VapidLapid]

Is Pondscumish Green a GIA hue?

Does it have a Name yet? We could buy it and name it The Spirulina Bloom Diamond

 

[Enerchi]

Lol! kenny - pondscumish green! Love that!!

I do like the necklace design, as many others do to, but UGH to that diamond. Nope, not going to pull $300K out of my bulging wallet for that one... not this week anyway!

 

[Kim Bruun]

It seems that even off colours are praised highly in fancy diamonds - off colours that would negatively affect the price of most colored stones. I agree with many fellow members here that the necklace is gorgeous and colour isn't attractive, but then, I am not fond of desaturated hues. Also, the opacity robs the diamond of one of its most attractive features - its dispersion. So what we have is a grayish green stone that is nearly impervious to scratches. It ain't pretty, but it will last forever.

 

[iLander]

Hi LAurie!

Do you think it sparkles at all? I don't see how it could. It is ginormous, I'll give them that. . .

Of topic, but did you see the jade necklace in that auction? Apparently all the jade I've ever seen in RL is the jade version of worm spit. Who knew it was supposed to be translucent?

I haven't gone through the auction listings yet, but I usually spend a couple of hours doing that, for both Sothebys and Christies. I've noticed everything seems to be going at twice the estimate, have you noticed that? But then again, I think a lot of their estimates have been really low in the last six months.

 

[JewelFreak]

They look really low to me too, iLander. Seems they want to be able to boast about how far they exceeded estimates, looks great to the unitiated press.

No, i doubt that gray thing sparkles -- I still think it's kind of a neat color but would really like to see it IRL, it may look better than it photographs -- why else would Mouawad, who know good stones when they see 'em, invest in a setting that expensive?

Isn't the jade necklace in a different sale? Not sure -- yes, to your question, after all this time, who knew? I went nuts over some of the emeralds in this auction, a gorgeous ring, and this necklace makes me die of greed:

 

[kenny]

... why else would Mouawad, who know good stones when they see 'em, invest in a setting that expensive?

For the size queens. (Myself, I guess I'm a "color-queen" )

$220,000 - $320,000 for a lovely necklace with something being passed off as a gem-quality 284 carat diamond is chicken feed.
Imagine the price if that 284 ct diamond was a D IF or a flawless Fancy Vivid Green diamond.

This just goes to show at even at this budget there are plenty of SIZE BABY SIZE customers.

 

[JewelFreak]

Hadn't thought of it from that angle -- very good point, Kenny. Brainy guy tonight.

--- Laurie

 

[RedSpinel]

In Christies Magnificent Jewels auction in May:

284.31 ct. yellowish-gray, by Mouawad, set w/white & pink pave. Yours for $220,000 - $320,000.

I look at this one the same way I looked at the last unattractive diamond being sold by a major retailer for huge bucks.

If I had the $330,000 to spend like that, I'd spend $100,000- $130,000 or so on a nice canary yellow diamond necklace and give it to my 'then' wife, then I'd spend the other $200,000 - $230,000 on a 2012 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder.

 

[kenny]

If I had $330K to drop I'd ask for Karl K's help searching the world for an suitable fully natural Fancy Intense or Fancy Vivid Blue or Green diamond (or Blue-Green combo) to cut into an Octavia, and put it into a tension setting.
(GIA Fancy Red is too dark to have suitable light performance for what IMHO is the best cut ever created.)

I know, I know.
It would be tiny, probably not even a carat, less than 1/248th the weight of that diamond.

There is something appealing to me about something nobody would notice because it looks too small and silly to be worth anything . . . but . . .

A fine FCD can be like a very private and very secret little miracle.