The world’s largest known blue diamond was auctioned off at an auction house in Hong Kong for $57.5 million.
The world famous auction house, one of the rarest diamonds in the world, was sold at the Hong Kong branch of Sotheby’s. The world’s largest known blue diamond has been sold for $57.5 million.
The auction house, which put the famous blue diamond named ‘The De Beers Cullinan Blue’ for sale, found a buyer at the end of the 8-minute auction. The name of the buyer who was connected to the auction by phone was kept anonymous.
This rare diamond, found in the Cullinan mine in South Africa in 2021, is described as the largest known colored diamond.
This blue diamond, which is described as a rather ‘rare’ cut, is one of the 10 best known blue diamonds in the world, according to the auction’s statement. one of five diamonds worth a carat.
In 2016, the blue diamond named ‘Oppenheimer Blue’ was the most valuable blue diamond ever sold, finding a buyer for $57,541,779. ‘The De Beers Cullinan Blue’ missed this record with 70,000 dollars.
