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A RARE FANCY PURPLISH RED AND NEAR COLORLESS DIAMOND RING, CARVIN FRENCH
Set with a pear-shaped fancy purplish red diamond weighing approximately 1.00 cts., surrounded by pear-shaped near colorless diamonds, joined to a circular-cut diamond and platinum hoop, mounted in platinum
With maker's mark for Carvin French
With certificate 10010046 from the Gemological Institute of America stating that the colored diamond is fancy purplish red, natural color
For any collector of colored diamonds surely the most prized example to find would be a stone with a primary color grade of red. This is without question the rarest of colors and according to our records this is the largest example of a fancy purplish red diamond to appear at auction. Over the past ten years only two stones have ever been offered with a "red certificate", both by Christie's New York. On April 28th 1987, a 0.95 carat circular diamond sold for $880,000, a record that still stands today, and on October 23 1996, a 0.25 carat oval stone sold for $81,700.
Set with a pear-shaped fancy purplish red diamond weighing approximately 1.00 cts., surrounded by pear-shaped near colorless diamonds, joined to a circular-cut diamond and platinum hoop, mounted in platinum
With maker's mark for Carvin French
With certificate 10010046 from the Gemological Institute of America stating that the colored diamond is fancy purplish red, natural color
For any collector of colored diamonds surely the most prized example to find would be a stone with a primary color grade of red. This is without question the rarest of colors and according to our records this is the largest example of a fancy purplish red diamond to appear at auction. Over the past ten years only two stones have ever been offered with a "red certificate", both by Christie's New York. On April 28th 1987, a 0.95 carat circular diamond sold for $880,000, a record that still stands today, and on October 23 1996, a 0.25 carat oval stone sold for $81,700.