There are many ways to express love, and one way to witness love is to put on the best jewelry for the other person. At the world's top auctions, there are always some amazing top diamonds that sell for hundreds of millions.
Of the 10 most expensive diamonds at auction, 3 are on the mainland.
Pink Star
In April 2017, Sotheby's presented a giant pink diamond of exceptional quality, weighing 59.6 carats and shaped into an exquisite oval shape by the cutter.
From any facet, the purity and transparency of diamonds is striking.
Carina Liu, who was visiting the exhibition at that time, repeatedly admired the diamond form and fire, and couldn't help but gently hold it up with her fingers.
Under the lighting, each facet of the pink diamond reflects a soft light, as if to illuminate the whole house.
Soon at the Sotheby's Spring Auction, this fascinating pink diamond set a new global diamond auction record with a price of HK$553 million, which is the famous pink star.
Everyone wants to own it, but only the top rich and lucky can collect it for a short time.
Josephine's Blue Moon
In 2014, a rough blue diamond weighing 29.6 carats was excavated in the Cullinan diamond area of South Africa.
After a simple treatment, the jewelry appraiser found that it was an excellent blue diamond, with no blemishes visible to the naked eye, and its rich color made it very rare.
The blue diamond appeared at Sotheby's Spring Auction the following year, by which time the cutter had slimmed it down with a pillow cut that weighed 12.03 carats.
During the short eight-minute auction, the bidding in the venue did not stop, and in the end, Hong Kong tycoon Liu Luanxiong pocketed him for 308 million yuan.
Liu Luanxiong gave the blue diamond a romantic name: Josephine's Blue Moon, to show his love for his daughter Josephine.
Diamonds symbolize love and wealth, and sometimes family affection. Every parent wants to leave the best for their children, even the richest ones, and express their love with 300 million diamonds, which is probably the most high-profile love.
Sweet Josephine
In 2015, Christie's Geneva auction saw a 16.08 ct pink diamond, which was turned into a pillow-shaped diamond with scalpel precision.
Jewelry appraisers consider this diamond to be very pure in color and highly saturated, making it the best of the pink diamonds. And in a series of lots, this pink diamond is also more attractive than other jewelry.
Pink diamonds symbolize sweet feelings, sweet but not overly warm, rich in color and noble and elegant, which has moved Liu Luan, who has participated in countless auctions.
So in a short and tense auction, the pink diamond was finally sold for 180 million yuan. After Liu Luanxiong photographed this precious diamond, he named it "Sweet Josephine" to express his love for his daughter.
There are moving stories of loving and being loved happening all the time in the world. Some come and go, some are short and dreamy, while others stay with a lifetime.
We believe that there is eternal love in the world, just like jewelry buried deep in the ground, always shining through endless years.
If there is a substance in the world that is enough to carry precious love, I think it may be jewelry, never faded, forever dazzling, warm and pure.
Although we can't buy sky-high jewelry like the rich, there is always a diamond that shines only for your love, just like love in this life and this life, just for one person.
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