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The world's most expensive earrings ever sold

The mismatched pair of earings consists of two coloured pear-shaped diamonds, called Apollo and Artemis, and are perfectly matched in size, cut and tonality
Curated By: Forbes India
Published: May 27, 2017
Graded Fancy Vivid Blue by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and weighing an impressive 14.

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Graded Fancy Vivid Blue by the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) and weighing an impressive 14.54 carats, the ‘Apollo Blue’ was the largest Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Blue diamond ever to be offered at a Sotheby’s auction. Sotheby’s spring sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels took place last week at Mandarin Oriental, Geneva
The ‘Artemis Pink’ displays an elegant and delicate Fancy Intense Pink hue. Weighing 16

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The ‘Artemis Pink’ displays an elegant and delicate Fancy Intense Pink hue. Weighing 16 carats, the stone has been carefully cut into a captivating pear shape, matching the Apollo Blue, which perfectly showcases the stone’s colour and clarity. The GIA has declared the ‘Artemis Pink’ to be a ‘Type IIa’ diamond, describing this category as ‘the most chemically pure type’ of diamonds, which ‘often have exceptional optical transparency’
Apart from the two diamonds, there were some other masterpieces at Sotheby’s spring sale of Ma

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Apart from the two diamonds, there were some other masterpieces at Sotheby’s spring sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels.For example, this intense purplish pink diamond.
These spectacular diamond rings are by Harry Winston

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These spectacular diamond rings are by Harry Winston
This Ruby and diamond brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels sold for 187,500 Swiss Francs

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This Ruby and diamond brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels sold for 187,500 Swiss Francs

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