The Blue Belle of Asia
- Year
- sold 2014
- Rank
- 18 of 100
The Blue Belle of Asia
The Blue Belle of Asia (sold 2014) is ranked 18 in the FLOAT 100 for Jewelry. It sold for $17,305,996 on 11 November 2014. Highest price ever paid at auction for a sapphire; one of the largest faceted sapphires in private hands.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Highest price ever paid at auction for a sapphire; one of the largest faceted sapphires in private hands.
392.52 ct cushion-cut cornflower-blue Ceylon sapphire, diamond tassel necklace
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $17,305,996
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 11 November 2014
Christie's Geneva; $17,305,996 (~$44,063/ct). Record for a sapphire at auction.
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.
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