Record Setting Purple-Pink Diamond from Russia Sells for $26.6 M. at Sotheby’s

A 14.83-carat purple-pink fancy vivid diamond sold for $26.6 million with premium and set a record for a stone of its color at Sotheby’s in Geneva this week. Named after a Russian ballet from 1911, the Spirit of the Rose was won by an anonymous buyer over the phone. After just three bids, the jewel hammered at 21 million CFH ($22.9 million), landing below the estimate of CHF 21.1 million–CHF 34.8 million ($23 million–$38 million).
Before coming to the market, the gem was cut fr