This Emerald and Diamond Necklace Just Fetched $7M at Auction

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Wow, there are some gorgeous pieces in this one, and I'll take you through my favorite so use the link to see the last beauty.

This Emerald and Diamond Necklace Just Fetched $7M at Auction
By Ashley Davis
Ashley.Davis@nationaljeweler.com
December 2, 2020


This double riviere necklace was designed by Edmond Chin for Swiss maison Boghossian. It was the highest-earning lot at Christie’s Hong Kong’s recent Magnificent Jewels sale.

"Hong Kong—A special necklace led the Christie’s Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels auction on Nov. 29.

Of the total $51.5 million the sale garnered, $7 million went to a spectacular emerald and diamond double riviere necklace created by Edmond Chin for Boghossian.



Pictured above, the design features 117.6 total carats of Colombian emeralds and diamonds—28 cushion- and octagonal-cut Colombian emeralds ranging from 1.48 to 10.41 carats, as well as 22 oval- and rectangular-cut diamonds ranging from 0.7 to 4.22 carats, as well as fancy-cut diamonds and fancy-cut jadeite.

Chin, a Singapore-born designer, got his start at Christie’s Hong Kong, working in the jewelry and jadeite department.



The second highest-earning lot, above, was a pair of fancy intense blue internally flawless diamonds, weighing 3.29 carats each, set as earrings alongside colorless diamonds, which sold for $6.1 million after a period of heated bidding, according to Christie’s.



Other notable lots were the above 4.9-carat fancy intense pink diamond ring, which earned ... "
https://www.nationaljeweler.com/fashion ... at-auction

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Yowsers!

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Here's a much better shot of that gorgeous emerald necklace that I found in Ron Ringsrud's Emerald News.

From IDEX Online - A necklace with over 117 carats of emeralds and diamonds sold at auction for almost $7m. This necklace is the result of years-long patient emerald buying on the part of the Boghossian Family Jewelers. All of the emeralds were purchased from The Muzo Companies, mainly at their NY office in Rockefeller Center.



Edmond Chen, the Singapore-born jewelry designer, created the one-of-a-kind piece for the Geneva-based Maison Boghossian, and it was sold at Christie's Hong Kong.

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I love the use of interlocking baguettes