寶啾寶石報報 ： The 19-Carat ‘Pink Legacy’ Diamond Could Sell for $50M

寶啾寶石報報  ： The 19-Carat 'Pink Legacy' Diamond Could Sell for $50M 

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The 18.96-carat "Pink Legacy," the largest fancy vivid pink diamond Christie's has ever offered at auction, is expected to sell for between $30 million and $50 million in November. 

 

 Geneva—Another big pink diamond is heading to a jewelry auction this fall.

The 18.96-carat "Pink Legacy" will lead Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction on Nov. 13 in Geneva. The diamond is expected to sell for between $30 and $50 million.

The rectangular-cut gem is the largest and finest fancy vivid pink diamond Christie's has ever offered at auction, it said. (Note: It's not the largest fancy vivid pink diamond to go to auction. That designation belongs to the 59.60-carat oval-shaped "Pink Star," which Chow Tai Fook bought at Sotheby's Hong Kong for $71.2 million in April 2017.)

Christie's said in the press release announcing the stone's sale that the Pink Legacy "descended" from the Oppenheimer family, of De Beers fame, but did not respond to inquiries asking for clarification by press time.

Pink diamonds of this size and color are extremely rare, with Christie's noting that only four vivid pinks of 10+ carats have been offered at auction. Those stones have lit up auction houses in the past few years, reaching record prices as the popularity of pink diamonds soars.

In addition to the sale of the "Pink Star," which reigns as the most expensive jewel ever sold at auction, Christie's Hong Kong sold "The Pink Promise" , a 14.93-carat diamond, in November 2017 for $32.5 million.

Christie's said the Pink Legacy will be exhibited in Hong Kong, London and New York along with other highlights from the Magnificent Jewels auction before heading to Geneva for the November auction.

寶啾寶石報報：Leaving a (Gem) Legacy in East Africa

 寶啾寶石報報：Leaving a (Gem) Legacy in East Africa 

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A shot of rough rubies from the Longido area of Tanzania

August 29, 2018

Traveling to the sources of colored stones is an unmatched experience, not only for its ability to help understand the supply side, but also for the opportunity to meet and interact with the people who live in the gemstone mining communities and help to drive the business. 

They perform such integral work—mining and selling the gems that end up in the finished pieces we see at jewelry trade shows and in display cases at stores—yet, most often, they are among those who have so little. 

Many people and organizations in the jewelry industry work to give back to the communities so influenced by the gem trade.

Gemstone faceter Roger Dery has long been one of those, and now he wants to make his contribution even bigger.

On Tuesday, Dery, along with wife Ginger and daughter Rachel—all of whom are part of Roger Dery Gem Design—launched Gem Legacy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting education, vocational training and the local economies of East Africa. 

The introduction of the official 501(c)(3) is really just an extension of the work the Derys already had been doing in their many years of travel to the area, including supporting a cutting school in Arusha, Tanzania, and a Maasai school in Longido, Tanzania. 

But the idea for formalizing their aid actually came from industry members who traveled with them to East Africa last summer—including Chris Clover-Field of Field's Jewelers in California, Meredith Schlessinger of Byard F. Brogan and Katie Bisceglia from Stauer Jewelers, to name a few from the 21-person group—banding together with the intent of launching the Dery Trust. 

"They wanted there to be a 501c3 that would … enable each of them to contribute to something that they had become passionate about after meeting the people and the good that can be done with so very little to people who need so very much," Ginger Dery said. 

They also wanted to create a fund that would allow the Derys to have money with them when it was needed for their various initiatives. 

Eventually, the Derys took over the process of formalizing their aid in the form of a nonprofit and gave it a name that reflects the impact gems can create and the good they can do.