The Aga Khan Emerald Brooch
- Maker
- Cartier
- Year
- 1960 (sold 2024)
- Rank
- 23 of 100
The Aga Khan Emerald Brooch
The Aga Khan Emerald Brooch by Cartier (1960 (sold 2024)) is ranked 23 in the FLOAT 100 for Jewelry. It sold for $8,800,000 on 12 November 2024. World's most expensive emerald (per total) sold at auction; dethroned the Elizabeth Taylor Bulgari emerald.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
World's most expensive emerald (per total) sold at auction; dethroned the Elizabeth Taylor Bulgari emerald.
37 ct square Muzo Colombian emerald + 20 marquise diamonds, Cartier Paris brooch/pendant
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $8,800,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 12 November 2024
Christie's Geneva; nearly $9M, world record for an emerald jewel. Commissioned 1960 by Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan for Nina Dyer.
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