'As good as it gets' — The Pink Legacy diamond

'The saturation, the intensity of this stone is as good as it gets in a coloured diamond,' states Rahul Kadakia, International Head of Jewellery, of the Pink Legacy, an extraordinary 18.96-carat Fancy Vivid Pink diamond that will be offered in the Magnificent Jewels auction on 13 November at Christie's in Geneva While most pink diamonds exhibit a colour modifier like purple, orange, brown or grey, the Pink Legacy shows no trace of a secondary colour Its even colour distribution, combined with a balanced saturation, tone and straight pink hue, qualify the 1896 carat diamond for the coveted 'Fancy Vivid' colour grading from the Gemological Institute of America.

In the Fancy Vivid Pink range, diamonds of more than five or six carats are rarely encountered In the saleroom, Fancy Vivid Pink diamonds over 10 carats are virtually unheard of - in over 250 years of auction history at Christie's, only four such stones have ever appeared for sale This booming market reached an historic level in Hong Kong in November 2017 when Christie's sold 'The Pink Promise', an oval-shaped Fancy Vivid Pink diamond of just under 15 carats, for $32,480,500 - a whopping $2,175,519 per carat.

The figure remains the world auction record price per carat for any pink diamond. . Source