Christie’s just set a record per carat price for any diamond with the $35m sale of this orange diamond:

THE ORANGE – The largest fancy vivid orange diamond ever sold at auction

A pear-shaped, fancy vivid orange, VS1 diamond of 14.82 carats

Estimate: SFr.16,000,000-19,000,000 / US$17,000,000-20,000,000 / €14,000,000-16,000,000

Price realised: SFr.32,645,000 / US$35,540,611 (US$2,398,151 per carat)

WORLD RECORD PRICE PER CARAT FOR ANY COLOURED DIAMOND SOLD AT AUCTION

WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A FANCY VIVID ORANGE DIAMOND