World auction records: Sotheby’s holds six of the top seven highest prices for Fancy Vivid Blue diamonds
The Oppenheimer Blue
Fancy Vivid Blue diamond
Step-cut, 14.62 carats, VVS1 Clarity
Christie’s Geneva, May 2016
Sold for US$57,541,779 (US$3,935,826 per carat)
The Blue Moon of Josephine
Fancy Vivid Blue diamond
Cushion-shaped, 12.03 carats, Internally Flawless
Sotheby’s Geneva, November 2015
Sold for US$48,468,158 (US$4,028,941 per carat)
The De Beers Blue
15.10 step-cut Fancy Vivid Blue diamond
Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, May 2022
Sold for HK$ 450,925,000 / US$57,470,391
The Memory of Autumn Leaves
Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond
Pear-Shaped, 14.54 carats, Internally Flawless
Sotheby’s Geneva, May 2017
Sold for US$42,087,302 (US$2,894,587 per carat)
The Zoe Diamond
From the Mellon Collection
Fancy Vivid Blue diamond
Pear-shaped, 9.75 carats VVS2 Clarity
Sotheby’s New York, November 2014
Sold for US$32,645,000 (US$3,348,205 per carat)
The Millennium Blue
Fancy Vivid Blue diamond
Oval, 10.10 carats, Internally Flawless
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, April 2016
Sold for US$31,830,766 (US$3,151,561 per carat)
The Sky Blue Diamond
Fancy Vivid Blue diamond
Square-cut, 8.01 carats, VVS1
Sotheby’s Geneva, November 2016
Sold for US$17,074,168 (US$2,131,607 per carat)