Diamonds And Signed Jewels To Lead Christie's Geneva Auction

A fancy blue and white diamond ring by the Place Vendôme high jewelry house, Reza, is the top lot at Christie's Geneva Magnificent Jewels auction to be held July 22 at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues The ring features two pear-shaped diamonds mounted in a polished platinum setting with a pure, rounded shape The Reza ring as the top lot sets the tone for an auction that features a number of signed jewels from heritage brands using exceptional diamonds and colored gems among the 195 lots in the sale.

The top lot in this group is a yellow diamond and diamond bracelet topped with 12 fancy vivid yellow marquise and oval-shaped diamonds ranging from 2.20 carats to 5.40 carats of VVS2 to SI1 clarity, for a total of 41.80 carats The jewel centered with a 30.30-carat unheated Ceylon sapphire surrounded by baguette and old-cut diamonds mounted in platinum Among them is a platinum ring centered with a 1010-carat cushion-shaped unheated Burmese ruby flanked by fancy-shaped diamonds of 120 and 116 carats; and a platinum and gold ring featuring a 2084-carat step-cut unheated Burmese sapphire flanked by pear-shaped diamonds.

Among the others there is the number six lot of the sale, a platinum and gold ring featuring an 18.82-carat octagonal step-cut Colombian emerald, with minor oil treatment, flanked by tapered baguette-cut diamonds. . Source