Christie's sold the "Pink Legacy" diamond at auction on Tuesday for more than 50 million US dollars including fees, saying it's a new world record price per carat for a pink diamond.<br /><br />Christie's said that renowned jeweler Harry Winston was the buyer.<br /><br />The auction house had expected to fetch 30 million to 50 million US dollars for the nearly 19-carat, rectangular-cut stone, the largest fancy vivid pink diamond that it has ever put under the hammer.<br /><br />It was the standout offering at Christie's autumn jewelry auction in Geneva.<br /><br />The standing-room only ballroom broke into applause after the auctioneer struck down a hammer price of 44.5 million US dollars.<br /><br />That figure excludes the standard "buyer's premium" and other fees.<br /><br />All told, the diamond went for $50.375 million, including the fees.<br /><br />The stone once belonged to the Oppenheimer diamond family, and Christie's says it's among the most chemically pure gems.<br /><br />Francois Curiel, Christie's chairman for Europe, described the it as "the Leonardo da Vinci of the diamonds".<br /><br />
