{"id":76917,"date":"2025-10-15T20:09:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/76917\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T20:09:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:09:08","slug":"a-16-58-carat-kashmir-sapphire-ring-could-fetch-1-2-m-at-christies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/76917\/","title":{"rendered":"A 16.58-Carat Kashmir Sapphire Ring Could Fetch $1.2 M. at Christie’s"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThose in the market for some fresh fall finery are in luck.<\/p>\n

\n\tChristie\u2019s\u00a0Jewels Online auction<\/a>\u00a0is taking place from now until October 23, giving collectors a chance to bid on more than 150 lots of fine\u00a0jewelry\u00a0and coveted pieces by Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Van Cleef & Arpels, and other top houses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe star of the sale is a dazzling Kashmir sapphire. The 16.58-carat cabochon gem sits at the center of a platinum ring, with tapered, baguette-cut diamonds on either side. The showstopper is expected to fetch between $800,000 and $1.2 million. The sale also includes several other notable Kashmirs, including a 5.82-carat modified octagonal step-cut sapphire and diamond ring (estimate: $200,000\u2013$300,000) and a 4.81-carat cushion mixed-cut sapphire and diamond ring (estimate: $150,000\u2013$250,000).<\/p>\n

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\n\tKashmirs<\/a>\u00a0are considered the finest\u00a0sapphires\u00a0in the world, prized for their beauty, scarcity, and cultural significance. They were discovered in a remote part of the Himalayas after an avalanche in the Zanskar range in 1881 exposed a rich deposit of sapphires. From 1882 to 1887, miners extracted some of the largest and most beautiful stones from the Padar region of Kashmir, before the deposit was eventually exhausted. (Business dried up over the subsequent decades, though the Kashmiri government announced plans for new sapphire mining operations in May 2024.)<\/p>\n

\n\tThe sapphires went on to become a favorite among aristocrats in 19th-century Europe and remain coveted among jewelry collectors. Some cultures even believe the Kashmirs calm the mind, relieve stress, and bring loyalty and wisdom.<\/p>\n

\n\tSapphires aside, the auction includes some other beauties for the fingers, such as a 24.99-carat diamond ring (estimate: $400,000\u2013$600,000) and another diamond ring featuring an emerald originally recovered from the Atocha shipwreck of 1622 (estimate: $30,000\u2013$50,000).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tRarities from the collection of Max and Cecile Draime are also up for grabs. Highlights from the 38 lots include a Tiffany & Co. tanzanite and diamond pendant necklace (estimate: $30,000\u2013$50,000) and a pair of Graff diamond cluster earrings (estimate: $20,000\u2013$30,000).<\/p>\n

\n\tSelect pieces from the auction will be on display at Christie\u2019s Rockefeller Center galleries from October 17 to 22, meaning you can peruse the beauties in person before purchasing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Those in the market for some fresh fall finery are in luck. Christie\u2019s\u00a0Jewels Online auction\u00a0is taking place from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76918,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7123,85,46,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-76917","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-christies","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76917\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}