The top lot of the night was a 32 08 carat cushion shaped burmese ruby and diamond ring by chaumet which sold for more than 6 7 million a new world record price for any ruby sold at auction.
Burmese ruby ring auction.
A third colored gem receiving attention is a 6 41 carat unheated burmese pigeon s blood ruby mounted on an 18k yellow and white gold ring surrounded by french cut diamond.
Cartier grabbed the auction crown in november 2014 at christie s geneva with their 23 66 carat burmese ruby and diamond ring popularly known as the the queen of burma.
Buy online view images and see past prices for 5 23 carat burmese unheated ruby and diamond ring.
These are widely considered to be the best of best with the strong red saturation of color.
Look for pigeons blood red stones that have minimal treatments or if the budget does not extend that far look for a milky stone with good color.
The most expensive ruby ever sold at an auction house the sunrise ruby that fetched over 30 million us dollars in 2015 beating all previously held records.
The claws holding the exceptional stone are set with inverted baguette cut diamonds mounted in platinum.
Invaluable is the world s largest marketplace for art antiques and collectibles.
Unfortunately these famous burmese mines are now almost fully depleted making burmese rubies ever scarcer and expensive.
Natural rubies above 5 carats are extremely rare so to have one over 14 carats is extraordinary which means that rubies of this size infrequently come onto the market.
23 66 carat burmese ruby and diamond ring.
Elmwood s auctioneers will be offering a spectacular 14 67 carat natural burmese ruby ring in its upcoming sale of important jewels on november 28 2019.
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The gemstone was formerly in the collection of luz mila patiƱo countess du boisrouvray.
Sold for chf 365 000 in 2016.
Gem rock auctions has a large selection of burmese rubies online.
10k white gold burmese ruby 2 5ct diamond 0 06ct ring able auctions.