Rare blue diamond sells for record $48.5 million at auction

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Rare blue diamond sells for record $48.5 million at auction - Sotheby's says  an  rare blue diamond  has  sold  pertaining to   the   Log  48.6  mil  Swiss francs ($48.5 million)  from   the  Geneva auction,  like  fees.

The 12.03-carat 'Blue Moon' Diamond  is  said  in order to   be  among  the   greatest  known fancy vivid blue diamonds  AND ALSO   am   ones  showpiece gem  from  Wednesday's auction.  your  price fell  on the  pre-auction estimate  associated with  $35-$55 million. Excluding fees,  The idea  sold  for  43.2  zillion  Swiss francs.

The Blue Moon —whose  identify  plays off  ones  expression "once  with   the  blue moon" — topped  your own   earlier   Record  price  involving  $46.2  thousand  set  five   decades  ago  by the  Graff Pink.

The polished blue gem  are  cut  through   an  29.6-carat diamond discovered last year  inside  South Africa's Cullinan mine,  which   also  yielded  the  Star  of  Africa blue diamond  for the  British crown jewels.