For more news visit ☛ http://english.ntdtv.com<br /><br />Christie's Hong Kong sells its highest priced jewel at the autumn sale on Monday. A rare 14-carat diamond called the "The Perfect Pink" sold for more than 23 million U.S. dollars after an intense bidding session.<br /><br />[Francois Curiel, President, Christie's Asia]:<br />"The star lot of the auction, the last lot of the auction, was a fabulous 14 carat pink diamond which was sold for 23 million U.S. Dollars. Now that's a very high price. It's the highest price for a diamond ever achieved at auction in Asia."<br /><br />Curiel says the clarity and purity of the pink was the reason for the high price.<br /><br />So far only 18 pink diamonds bigger than 10 carats have ever gone on the block in 244 years of auction history.<br /><br />The auction is the largest jewelry sale held in Asia and the biggest worldwide.<br /><br />[Francois Curiel, President, Christie's Asia]:<br />"We had a fabulous jewelry auction on Monday night in Hong Kong at the convention center, where more than $80 million U.S. dollars changed hands in less than four hours. And Hong Kong has now proven that it is the center for jewelry auction in the world."<br /><br />The company's week-long sale of wine, art, antiques, watches and gems is expected to total more than 200 million dollars.
