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Bulgari Blue Diamond Ring Sets New Record

Christie's "Jewels: The New York Sale" on October 20 had some very strong results including the sale of the "Bulgari Blue," a two-stone diamond ring featuring the largest triangular-shaped fancy vivid blue diamond ever to appear at auction. The ring had an estimate of over $12 million and brought in $15.7 million, making it the top jewel sold at auction in 2010.

The ring was designed by Rome's legendary house of BVLGARI in the 1970s and is being sold by a collector who bought it nearly 40 years ago as a present for his wife after the birth of their first son. it features a triangular-shaped, colorless diamond of 9.87 carats matched with a triangular-shaped Fancy Vivid blue diamond of 10.95 carats which is the largest Fancy Vivid blue diamond of this cut ever to be offered at auction. The collector bought the ring in 1972 for around $1 million. Fancy vivid blue diamonds are among the rarest and most sought-after colored diamonds and only one stone in around 10 million has color that rates this designation. Prices for blue diamonds continue to be strong. At a Sotheby's auction in May in Geneva a 7.64 carat fancy intense blue cushion-shaped diamond mounted in yellow gold and platinum sold to an anonymous client for $8,034,503.

National Jeweler reports that the ring was the sale's grand finale piece and was won by an Asian collector for $15,762,500, with premium after a bidding battle between one client in the room and two clients on the phone.

The 448-lot auction brought in a total of $52.5 million. The sale also included a pair of Imperial Topaz earrings, from the legendary jewelry house JAR (founded by Joel Arthur Rosenthal). Ellen Barkin sold the earrings at auction in 2006 for $710,000. They were estimated to bring in $300,000 to $500,000 but sold for $650,500.

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Ellen Barkin's JAR Earrings Head Back To The Auction Block

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Back in 2006 Ellen Barkin parted with jewels she amassed while married to Revlon billionaire Ron Perelman. Now four years later a pair of earrings sold at that auction are back up for sale again. The earrings, from the legendary jewelry house JAR (founded by Joel Arthur Rosenthal) brought $710,000 back in 2006. The NY Observer reminds us that Ellen Barkin wore these vibrant earrings with an orange dress to the Academy Awards in 2005. The ear pendants are each set with an elongated oval-cut imperial topaz surrounded by diamonds and enhanced by circular-cut ruby clusters. The earrings, now listed as the property of an art connoisseur, are mounted in silver and 18k rose gold. They carry an estimate of $300,000 to $500,000 when they go up for sale on October 20 at the same auction that will feature the Bvlgari blue diamond.

Fans of JAR can also pick up a pink sapphire ring violet ring at the same auction. The piece, designed as a circular-cut pink sapphire violet blossom and set with a circular-cut yellow diamond pistil is estimated at $40,000 to $60,000.

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JAR Jewels Up For Auction

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Big stones always attract attention at auction but in terms of jewelry designers it could be said that no one creates as much as buzz as the designer JAR. The designer's pieces always seem to sell well at auction and have tremendous value to collectors. Christie's jewelry auction on April 22 in New York will see five JAR pieces up for sale, two brooches and three pairs of ear clips.

The most expensive JAR piece up for sale is shown above. It is a sapphire, diamond, violet sapphire and pearl brooch. The center cushion cut stone is approximately 52.57 carats surrounded by pave set violet sapphires with diamond trefoils and pearl accents. It is estimated at $150,000-$200,000.

The New York sale also includes a 30.02-carat, D color, pear-shaped diamond ring set with an intense pink diamond band and a 19.13-carat fancy grayish-yellowish green "chameleon" briolette-cut diamond pendant necklace estimated at $800,000-$1.2 million.

Gallery: JAR at Auction

Emerald, Chalcedony, Diamond and Pink Sapphire Brooch

Chalcedony, Sapphire and Diamond Ear Clips

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Fornasetti Face Jar

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I love the Fornasetti face plates but but is it just me or is the jar creepy? Ask me to scrape cheesecake off one of the plates adorned with the 19th century image of Lina Cavalieri, no problem but this jar with the same face would be a great place to store cookies when I am on a diet. I wouldn't go near it. Poor lovely Lina looks like she swallowed a light bulb. It's eerie enough in white but Fornasetti also makes it in a red version that is downright devilish. The jar sells for $495.

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