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Your support makes all the difference.A stunning and rare diamond is to go on sale in Hong Kong in a little over a month and is expected to fetch a record price of nearly $20m (£12.8m).
The “Premier Blue” diamond will go under the hammer on 7 October and Sotheby’s is expecting collectors to fly in from around the world to bid. The auction house says the 7.59-carat fancy vivid blue diamond could set a price-per-carat record.
Despite a slowdown in the Chinese economy over the past few years, the sellers are confident that the rarity of the gem will ensure a high sale price.
“While there is a slowdown, the number of top-level collectors are still there,” Quek Chin Yeow, Sotheby Asia’s deputy chairman, said.
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