Australia’s Leonard Joel will host an important Jewels auction on 16 August, headlined by a dazzling 21.13-carat diamond ring.
Based in Sydney, Leonard Joel hosts three auctions each year. At this upcoming event, a cut-cornered square modified brilliant-cut, K-color, SI2-clarity diamond ring is one of a number of intriguing pieces that will feature. The ring is expected to fetch up to $AU900,000.
Also on offer will be a cushion modified brilliant-cut, 11-carat, I-color, VVS2-clarity diamond ring. That ring is estimated to sell for $AU700,000.
Another item of note is a ring a cushion-shaped, 5.29-carat, pigeon’s blood Burmese ruby with a frame of 10 brilliant-cut diamonds totaling 2.5 carats. That ring has an upper estimate of $AU900,000.
According to organizers the auction is expected to generate as much as $AU8.6 million in sales.
Leonard Joel will preview the pieces in Melbourne and Sydney ahead of the auction.
Last year, the company auctioned an emerald-cut, 20-carat, H-color, VVS2-clarity diamond ring for $AU 1.6 million – the most expensive diamond sold at auction in Australian history.
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