Following the auction auction Christie's Magnificent Jewels, held December 10 in New York, sales revenue reached $ 65,790,125, IDEX Online reported.
In the auction for which 495 lots were auctioned, 86% of the total number of lots and 92% of the offered goods were sold at a cost.
A Golconda diamond weighing 52.58 carats in color D and IF purity was bought for $ 10.9 million, and a collection of jewelery with diamonds called Property of an Elegant Lady Lev Leviev went under the hammer for $ 10.2 million.
Based on the results December auction, as well as previous jewelry auctions held in New York in April and October, the total revenue at the auction of Magnificent Jewels in 2013 was $ 193,823,950.
Christie's jewelry division head in America and Switzerland, Rahul Kadakia, said: "Starting with the historic sale of Princie diamond in April this year and ending with the sale of the Golconda diamond weighing 52.58 carats in color D and the purity of IF in New York , the current year was a stellar year for the Christie's New York jewelry auction