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The Princie Diamond

Year
sold 2013
Rank
8 of 100

The Princie Diamond

The Princie Diamond (sold 2013) is ranked 8 in the FLOAT 100 for Jewelry. It sold for $39,323,000 on 16 April 2013. Top price ever paid for a Golconda diamond at auction; ~300-year royal provenance.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

Top price ever paid for a Golconda diamond at auction; ~300-year royal provenance.

34.65 ct cushion-cut Fancy Intense Pink, Golconda origin; ex-Nizams of Hyderabad / VCA

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$39,323,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
16 April 2013

Christie's New York; realized $39.323M.

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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