The Rockefeller Emerald
- Year
- sold 2017
- Rank
- 24 of 100
The Rockefeller Emerald
The Rockefeller Emerald (sold 2017) is ranked 24 in the FLOAT 100 for Jewelry. It sold for $5,511,500 on 20 June 2017. Set the world auction record for highest price-per-carat for any emerald ($304,878/ct).
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Set the world auction record for highest price-per-carat for any emerald ($304,878/ct).
18.04 ct rectangular-cut Colombian emerald; ex-John D. Rockefeller Jr., bought by Harry Winston
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $5,511,500
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 20 June 2017
Christie's New York (Rockefeller Center); $5,511,500, emerald per-carat record. Bought by Harry Winston.
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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