Sotheby’s Premier Blue Diamond Sotheby’s auction house has announced the lineup for its October 7 Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite sale in Hong Kong. The undisputed star of the Real 18k Gold Cheap Cartier Earrings show is The Premier Blue, the largest Round Brilliant-Cut Internally Flawless Fancy Vivid Blue diamond ever to appear at auction. At 7.9 carats, The Premier Blue is also the largest diamond of its kind ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America. Fancy Color Diamond connoisseurs, collectors and investors from all over the world are expected to fly in to Hong Kong to attend the auction, and many more dealers and collectors will discretely place their bids by phone. Diamond experts are predicting that The Premier Blue, which is about the size of a shirt button, could break the world-record per carat price for any diamond sold at auction. Officials at Sotheby’s are estimating that this one will fetch $19 million, or a staggering $2.5 million per carat. Sotheby’s Auction Photo Courtesy of The New York Times The Rarest of the Rare Fancy Color Diamonds are extremely rare Replica Cartier Earrings and can be worth from 10 to 50 times their colorless counterparts. Only about .001% of all diamonds mined possess enough color to be considered Fancy Color Diamonds, and of those, blue diamonds are even a smaller percentage. Blue diamonds of over one carat are rarer still. The Premier Blue’s Fancy Vivid Blue designation from the GIA means it is the most thoroughly saturated with color—a bright, pure blue hue. The stone is also rated Internally Flawless (IF), which is the highest clarity rating it can achieve. But the real game-changer — and the reason the jewelry world is focused on The Premier Blue — is its rare Round Brilliant cut. While Round Brilliant continues to be the preferred cut for colorless diamonds, the shape is exceptionally rare and difficult to achieve in natural colored diamonds. In fact, officials at Sotheby’s say no Round Brilliant Fancy Vivid Blue diamond near this significance has ever come up at auction. Look for Obsessed by Jewelry to bring you the results of this important (and most likely record-breaking) sale. Or to see for yourself, follow the auction action in real time – that’s Hong Kong time — The Hope Diamond Image Courtesy of The Smithsonian Institute Blue Fake Cartier Earrings diamonds rarely come to market and have been coveted by royals and celebrities for centuries. The most famous example of a blue diamond is the Hope Diamond, which was bought by King Louis XIV of France in the 17th Century. It is now on display in The Harry Winston Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute. Designer Profile: Marina B…The Woman and Her Jewelry I met Marina Bulgari at her first Marina B jewelry exhibition in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1979. I became an immediate fan, even though I was representing Van Cleef & Arpels at the time, preparing an exhibition — as I did every winter — at the ultra-luxury Badrutt’s Palace hotel. Like the hotel, which is still vibrant and luxurious in this Swiss ski resort favored by jetsetters, the beloved Marina B brand continues to shine today in the world landscape of beautiful couture jewelry. Marina Bulgari began her illustrious career in the company founded by her grandfather Sottiro Bulgari, where she created some of Bulgari’s most enduring bestsellers. After the death of her father in the late ‘70s, Marina left Bulgari S.p.A. to follow her entrepreneurial mindset and creative spirit. In 1977 she launched her own company, Marina B. Marina B Pivomap Blue Earrings At Marina B, Marina designed an incredible succession of iconic and legendary jewelry that bears the undeniable mark of her creative process. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, She was embraced by connoisseurs, international jetsetters and celebrities around the world as the epitome of style, elegance and creativity in luxury jewelry. Marina B Alfa Pave Earrings Marina was born in Rome on July 12, 1930 to a Greek father and German-Italian mother. Early on, she developed a passion for art, architecture and mathematics. Upon Marina’s Cartier Earrings knock off graduation from Saint Mary’s College in England, she returned to Italy to work in the family business that would launch her long and storied career. Her keen sense of design, proportion and scale combined with an understanding of engineering and movement is a hallmark of the Marina B collections today. Marina B Agostino Ring The Marina B style embodies bold and elegant designs…the use of diamonds and colored semi-precious stones…the juxtaposition of geometric lines and subtle curves.