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Christie's $17.3M Record Diamond Sale Powers $66.5M Auction

5/15/2026

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Christie's Record Sale

Christie’s sold the 5.50-carat “The Ocean Dream” diamond for $17.3 million, a record for that type.
The May 13 Magnificent Jewels auction in Geneva generated $66.5 million as 99% of 87 lots sold.
More than a dozen lots exceeded $1 million, including a two-row pearl-and-diamond necklace that fetched $5,308,160, three times its estimate.
Bidders from 40 countries participated, 41% from Europe, 27% from the Americas and 28% from Asia Pacific, including eight first-time registrants.

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Christie's Sells Ocean Dream

Christie’s sold the Ocean Dream diamond in 2014 for $8.5 million to a private Asian collector.
The 5.5-carat triangular cut is the largest known fancy vivid blue-green diamond, a color found in fewer than one-percent of mined diamonds.
The stone is a type Ia diamond, among the purest natural gemstones.
The Smithsonian Institution listed it as one of eight rarest diamonds, displaying it in the 2003 Splendor of Diamonds exhibition.

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Christie's Record Sale

Christie’s sold the 5.50-carat “The Ocean Dream” diamond for $17.3 million, a record for that type.
The May 13 Magnificent Jewels auction in Geneva generated $66.5 million as 99% of 87 lots sold.
More than a dozen lots exceeded $1 million, including a two-row pearl-and-diamond necklace that fetched $5,308,160, three times its estimate.
Bidders from 40 countries participated, 41% from Europe, 27% from the Americas and 28% from Asia Pacific, including eight first-time registrants.

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