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The Sakura Diamond

Year
sold 2021
Rank
15 of 100

The Sakura Diamond

The Sakura Diamond (sold 2021) is ranked 15 in the FLOAT 100 for Jewelry. It sold for $29,300,000 on 23 May 2021. Largest fancy vivid purple-pink diamond ever auctioned; world auction record for a purple-pink.

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

Largest fancy vivid purple-pink diamond ever auctioned; world auction record for a purple-pink.

15.81 ct Fancy Vivid Purple-Pink, Internally Flawless; largest of its color auctioned

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$29,300,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
23 May 2021

Christie's Hong Kong Magnificent Jewels; ~$29.3M (~$1.9M/ct).

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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