Sale 1991
New York
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16 April 2008
PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
Price realised
USD 4,073,000
Estimate
A MAGNIFICENT DIAMOND RING, BY HARRY WINSTON Set with a rectangular-cut diamond, weighing approximately 27.91 carats, flanked on either side by a trillion-cut diamond, mounted in platinum, (accompanied by an identical simulant diamond ring, mounted by Harry Winston) Signed Winston for Harry Winston With report 16750311 dated 11 December 2007 from the Gemological Institute of America stating that the diamond is D color, VVS1 clarity; accompanied by a working diagram indicating that the clarity may be potentially internally flawless (2)
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