03-06-2025
35-Carat Graff Diamond Could Fetch $3 Million At Sotheby's Auction
35.01-Carat Graff diamond ring with an estimate of $2 - $3 million
Colorless and fancy colored diamonds are overwhelming among the premiere lots at Sotheby's New York High Jewelry auction on June 13. The sale of 110 lots includes important pieces from the Vanderbilt and Wade families, and from a private collection in which their jewels document a lifelong love affair.
The top lot of the sale, based on estimates, is a 'highly important' 35.01-carat emerald cut diamond on a ring from Graff with D color and VVS2 clarity. Its estimate is $2 million - $3 million.
The Graff gem is one 13 jewels from a private collection, 'Joie de Vivrea: Journey in Jewels,' a bejeweled documentation of a lifelong love affair. Each piece was a gift from a devoted husband to his wife over the course of a marriage spanning more than 60 years.
Graff emerald and diamond earclips with an estimate of $1.5 - $2.5 million
Other highlights among the 13 jewels includes a pair of diamond and emerald earclips by Graff featuring four sugarloaf cabochon emeralds weighing approximately 84 carats with an estimate of $800,000 – 1.5 million (the number six lot of the sale); an aquamarine and diamond bracelet with an estimate of $40,000 – $60,000; and a jade and diamond pendant-brooch, circa 1910s, adorned with five old European-cut diamonds, with an estimate of $25,000 – $35,000.
5.02 carat fancy pink diamond ring with an estimate of $1.5 million - $2 million
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The number 2 lot of the sale is a 5.02-carat oval-shaped fancy pink diamond with VS2 clarity. Its estimate is $1.5 - $2.5 million.
2.02-carat fancy vivid blue diamond rin with an estimate of $1.4 million - 1.8 million
Next is a 2.02-carat modified rectangular mixed-cut fancy vivid blue diamond on a ring with an estimate of $1.4 million - $1.8 million.
The number four lot of the sale is a pair of flawless D-color pear-shaped diamonds weighing 10.32 carats and 10.11 carats. Both diamonds exhibit 'excellent polish and symmetry" based on their reports, the auction house said. Their estimate is $1.1 million - $1.5 million.
Marcus and Co. ruby and diamond sautoir with an estimate of $1 million - $2 million
This is followed by a 'superb' ruby and diamond sautoir by important American retailer, Marcus & Co. (1892 – 1962). The drop-shaped pendant features a 9.60-carat cushion-cut unheated Burmese ruby, within a surround of old European-cut diamonds, framed and topped by caliber-cut rubies. The chain is set at intervals with old European-cut diamonds, the openwork clasp set with pear-shaped, old European- and single-cut diamonds, circa 1915. Its estimate is $1 million - $2 million.
The sautoir is one of four jewels from the collection of Emily Vanderbilt Wade, the daughter of William Henry Vanderbilt, III, former governor of Rhode Island, and the great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. The Wades and Vanderbilts are two storied American families credited with shaping the American industrial, cultural and philanthropic landscape.
Cartier Art Deco diamond bracelet with an estimate of $60,000 - $80,000
The three other pieces are a Cartier Art Deco bracelet in a geometric pattern composed of articulated panels set with old European- and single-cut diamonds with an estimate of $60,000 - $80,000.
Rene Lalique gold, enamel, emerald and pearl pendant with an estimate of $20,000 - $30,000
The second piece is a Rene Lalique Art Nouveau pendant made of gold, enamel, emerald and pearl, circa 1900. It's designed as a double-sided woman's face with long hair morphing into strands of seaweed, decorated with enamel in various shades of green and blue, her forehead is set with an oval-shaped emerald, surmounted by a baroque pearl. Its estimate is $20,000 - $30,000.
Gold, emerald, ruby, pearl, sapphire, diamond and enamel necklace with an estimate of $40,000 - ... More $60,000
The third piece is a tassel sautoir boasting an intricate network of rubies, emeralds, pearls, and diamonds, circa 1900. The auction house says that based on provenance it is likely the work of Paulding Farnham, the famed late 19th and early 20th century jewelry designer for Tiffany & Co. Its estimate is $40,000 - $60,000.
Highlights of the Sotheby's sale completed a world tour and will be shown next at Sotheby's New York headquarters from June 6 – 12.
