JAR Ruby & Diamond Camellia Brooch
- Maker
- JAR (Joel Arthur Rosenthal)
- Year
- 2003 (sold 2012)
- Rank
- 25 of 100
JAR Ruby & Diamond Camellia Brooch
JAR Ruby & Diamond Camellia Brooch by JAR (Joel Arthur Rosenthal) (2003 (sold 2012)) is ranked 25 in the FLOAT 100 for Jewelry. It sold for $4,300,000. Long-standing auction record for any JAR jewel; the defining datapoint for the most collectible living jeweler.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Long-standing auction record for any JAR jewel; the defining datapoint for the most collectible living jeweler.
Pave ruby and diamond camellia flower brooch
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $4,300,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
Christie's Geneva; ~$4.3M, ~4x low estimate. Widely-reported approximate figure (not an even-dollar hammer).
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08