Sotheby's auction Blue diamond ring in Hong Kong preferred

The status of Hong Kong as an international center for high-level jewelry auctions has rising, Sotheby's decide to auction one blue diamond ring that weighing 5.16 karats, rather than its traditional auction market, which highlights the position of Hong Kong.

This pear-shaped gemstone is estimated that 5.8 million U.S. dollars could be auctioned. The auction will give further impetus to Hong Kong's diamond trade.The diamond industry of Hong Kong has now compete with New York and Geneva.

Sotheby's Asia Chairman Patti Wong, said Sotheby's convince the owner of this diamond to auction in Hong Kong, because Hong Kong is becoming more attractive to jewelry buyers. The Diamond is privately owned,they did not disclose the identity of the owner.

"In the past, people thought that Hong Kong is only attract Asian buyers. This is wrong, we have attracted the strong interest of international collectors, we are here to auction some of the best collections."

In the global jewelry sales at Sotheby's, Hong Kong's share is rising from 19%, 1998 to 2008, 34%,it more than New York, second only to Geneva, become the second largest market.

For the rival Christie's, Hong Kong in the last year has become the second largest jewelry market of Christie's, second only to New York.

Last year in December, Christie's in Hong Kong and sold for 10.7 million U.S. dollars for a 5 karats pink diamond ring, equivalent to 2.1 million U.S. dollars per carat, which have the highest carat gem unit price highest on record.

"The pink diamond buyer is Chinese, and offer lower he is Chinese, the third lower bid is also Chinese people," Christie's Asia president, Franois Curiel said.

China's more and more rich people buy diamonds, platinum gold and sapphire. For Hong Kong, it is benefit for its geographical advantage.

The Saphhire Legend : Precious and Beauty

Ancient Persians believed that the Earth falls on a sapphire sit, while the sky is a mirror, reflected upside-deployed person's royal blue. Another flash in the pan as the corundum family, one of the world's five precious stones, sapphires impossible to resist the moving beauty and endless charm, it has never been inferior to the king a jewel in the title of "Sister Flowers" Ruby, ancient times to now, they have been given attracting worldwide attention and to make the world a valuable sense of the fascinating mind. The magnificent beauty of sapphire is the legend of beauty and precious.


Sapphire, it has a good English name - supphire, derived from the Hebrew "sappir", meaning "are reaching the perfect thing,". Its emergence has been a mystery.


Sapphire will be given once secular and unparalleled mysterious aura, and that will bring God's blessing and grace, so sapphire have been an exception to cherish and respect.

Big Chunky Rings

The first one is named Tiger’s Eye,as the yellow gemstone in the middle of the ring looks like the tiger’s eye.The main part is made of gold with texturing on the surface of the ring’s band,which makes the ring more distinct and unique, accentuating the mid-stone.

The second one comes to a Wide Band Ring.It’s a smooth braided ring with a bulk of woven metal and paved stones.The colors added on the paved stones make it look more delicate and especially fit for evening wear or some grand occasions.

The third one is Bubble Ring as it has small diamonds on the ring band.The linked together diamonds leave “air pockets” between each other.The whole ring looks more feminine and delicate by such a design,which appropriately uses space of the ring surface.Finally,it’s a right hand diamond ring.

This one is called Flowers,as the name suggests,it has a purple flower on the ring band.Small gemstones are embeded on the petal,which accent the center of the ring. The Flower ring designs are fashionable cocktail rings made of plastic, metal, ceramic or even wood.

Here come to an Amber ring.As we all know,amber is a popular material used to make big chunky rings,as they’re beautiful and precious.They have colors vary from dark, deep orange,rich gold to bright yellow.There’re small chunks of amber at the center of this big chunky ring,while the ring band is sleek round and shining.

Here’s a Stacking Rings with bands stacked together.Many stacking rings are made of different metals,such as silver ,gold,bronze and copper.The advantage of these rings is that they can be separately worn.

The last one is Wood Ring.Wood is a popular material for bohemian chunky rings. A band can be carved from a single type of wood or may have inlaid colors in the wood, or even textures for bold patterns.Some wood rings can be trimmed with metals or gemstones.