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The diamond was bought by the Hong Kong billionaire, and fugitive convicted felon, Joseph Lau Luen-hung, who named it for his seven-year-old daughter, Josephine. On the day before the "Blue Moon" sale, Lau had purchased a 16.08 carats (3.216 g) pink diamond at a Christie's auction for $28.5 million, a record price for a jewel of its kind, and ...
In 2009, Lau bought a 7.03 carat blue diamond for his daughter Josephine, that he named the "Star of Josephine" at Sotheby's for $9.5 million. [25] In November 2015, Lau bought two expensive diamonds for his 7-year-old daughter Josephine. [26] [27] On 10 November, he bought a 16.08 carat pink diamond at Christie's for $28.5 million. [27]
The diamond was sold to Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau, a convicted felon and fugitive, who named it the "Sweet Josephine" diamond for his seven-year-old daughter, Josephine. [2] On the day following its sale, Lau spent a record $48.4 million to purchase a blue diamond auctioned by Sotheby's that he then named, again for his daughter, the ...
A pink diamond was sold for $57.7 million in Hong Kong on Oct. 7, setting a world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction. The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star ...
Found in the Cullinan mine in 2014, cushion-shaped, and originally named the 'Blue Moon' diamond. Purchased for a record breaking 48.6 million Swiss francs (US48.4 million) at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva on 11 November 2015 by the Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau. He renamed it "The Blue Moon of Josephine" in honor of his daughter.
LONDON — E, S and G are becoming three of the most important letters in the luxury alphabet, with brands eager to spell out just how responsible, and impactful, they can be with their ...
Prior to Sotheby's Pink Star diamond sale, the record price paid for a pink diamond was held by the 16.08 carat Sweet Josephine Diamond, which had sold to Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau, in 2015, for $28.5 million. (One day later, he also purchased the 12.03 carat Blue Moon of Josephine Diamond for $48.5 million.
A pink diamond was sold for $49.9 million in Hong Kong on Friday, setting a world record for the highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction. The Williamson Pink Star draws its name from ...