NEW YORK – A ruby sold for a total of US$34.8 million (S$46 million) at Sotheby’s in New York on Thursday, setting a new record price at auction for the precious stone. The 55.22-carat gemstone, named ...

The 55.22-carat Estrela de Fura is the most valuable ruby ever sold at auction - Copyright AFP TIMOTHY A. CLARY The 55.22-carat Estrela de Fura is the most valuable ...

A 55.22-carat ruby has become both the largest and most valuable gem of its kind ever to sell at auction, netting $34.8 million on Thursday. The stone went under the hammer in New York in June, less ...

The just completed Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels sale in New York is the first auction to sell two items for more than $30 million. The first is the “Estrela de Fura,” a 55.22-carat Mozambique ruby ...

Sotheby’s New York set two world records for gemstones today, one for a 55.22 carat Mozambique ruby known as the “Estrela de Fura 55.22” and one for a 10.57 carat fancy purplish-pink diamond referred ...

Both the diamonds were discovered in mines inm Africa. A 55.2-carat diamond was recently sold for nearly $35 million at an auction in New York, according to a report in CNN. The ruby has become both ...

The 55.22-carat gemstone named Estrela de Fura was already the largest ruby ever to go under the hammer. It was cut from a 101-carat rough stone discovered in July last year at the Montepeuz ruby mine ...