This rare, fancy, and vivid pink diamond has set a new world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction
The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star, sold for just under 50 million U-S dollars
The jewel was purchased by an undisclosed buyer at auction in Hong Kong
Certified as “internally flawless” and “fancy vivid”, it’s the highest grade of coloured diamond available
the piece is named after another pink stone gifted to the late Queen Elizabeth the second.
It is only the second pink diamond of this calibre and weight to come to auction.
