Rare pink diamond sold at auction for a record $ 31.5 million – RBC

A rare pink diamond pear-shaped, known as Unique Pink, sold at Sotheby’s in Geneva for a record $ 31.5 million. It is reported by Reuters.

«This is the highest price ever paid the unusually vivid pink diamond, “- told reporters a representative of the auction house David Bennett

diamond weighs 15.38 carats.. It was sold to a private person from Asia, told the auction house. At the Sotheby’s diamond previously estimated at $ 28-38 million.

Last November, a bright pink diamond Sweet Josephine weighing 16.08 carats was sold for $ 28.5 million.