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The Sunrise Ruby. The Sunrise Ruby [1] [2] [3] has been the world's most expensive ruby, most expensive coloured gemstone, and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond [2] [3] [4] until the discovery of the Estrela de Fura. Originally mined in Myanmar, its current name is derived from a poem of the same name, written by the 13th-century ...
Sotheby's auction house officially declared the Estrela de Fura as the most valuable and significant ruby ever offered for sale, emphasising its rarity and uniqueness. [ 1 ] Previously, the auction record for a ruby was held by the " Sunrise Ruby ," a 25.59-carat gemstone discovered in Myanmar, which achieved a sale price of $30.3 million in ...
A ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide).Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires.Ruby is one of the traditional cardinal gems, together with amethyst, sapphire, emerald, and diamond. [1]
Judy Garland’s iconic ruby-red slippers from The Wizard of Oz went under the hammer. on Saturday, Dec. 7 at a live auction in Dallas, Texas. Surpassing their estimate by $25 million, the shoes ...
A pair of ruby red slippers worn by actress Judy Garland in the classic movie The Wizard of Oz have been sold for $28m (£22m) at a US-based auction on Saturday. One of four surviving pairs used ...
The ruby slippers from 1939’s The Wizard of Oz are now the most expensive piece of film memorabilia in history. The shoes, worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in the beloved film, sold at auction in ...
Ruby is the traditional birthstone for July and is usually red/pinker than garnet, although some rhodolite garnets have a similar pinkish hue to most rubies. The world's most valuable ruby to be sold at auction is the Sunrise Ruby, which sold for US$34.8 million. [4]
A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in "The Wizard of Oz" sold at an auction on Saturday for $28 million — the highest- price ever paid for a piece of entertainment memorabilia.