Brooch with rare emerald reaches record value of R$8.3 million

A rare 37-carat square emerald mounted on a Cartier brooch was sold for 8.3 million euros at a Christie’s auction in Geneva. It is a record auction price for this type of gemstone.

A Esmeralda Aga Khanan emerald and diamond brooch, was auctioned this Tuesday by 8.3 million euros.

This relic was commissioned by the prince aga khan to Cartier in 1960 to offer your wife Nina Dyerwho would commit suicide five years later.

The brooch that was sold on Tuesday on the shores of Lake Geneva had already been part of the first edition of Christie’s “Magnificent Jewels” sale on May 1, 1969, as part of the Nina Dyer collection.

It was the jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels who acquired this exceptional jewel in 1969.

A few years later, the brooch passed into the hands of Harry Winstonthe North American jeweler nicknamed “the king of diamonds”.

He was gifted by Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor as an engagement gift.

Record value of R$8.3 million

The brooch, set with 20 marquise-cut diamonds, took away the world title this Tuesday from a jewel from the Bulgari house, which had held it since 2011.

The part that hit 8.8 million dollars (around 8.3 million euros) and like Cartier jewelry, it can also be used as a pendant.

The 23.44-carat emerald, also set with diamonds, sold for $6,578,500 (6.2 million euros) during Christie’s New York sale of part of the legendary jewelry collection of one of Hollywood’s biggest stars .

Max Fawcetthead of the jewelry department at Christie’s in Geneva, predicted the jewelry would attract enthusiasts.

“Emeralds are in vogue at the moment and this one meets all the requirements”, highlighted the expert on the auctioneer’s website, adding that an emerald of this quality only appears for sale “every five or six years”.

The emerald “is extremely thin and flat, which makes it look like a 50-carat stone,” said Fawcett.

“Flat stones, however, tend to lose color in the center, but this is a completely uniform green“, slientou.