The shade of blue necessary for the day of the wedding
The extremely rare blue diamond, known as Blue Oppenheimer, was auctioned off in the City of Geneva by the Auction House Christie's became the largest deep blue diamond ever sold in the world, according to Christie's auction house. The stone, has an intense blue light ("Fancy Vivid Blue", which is the rarest color of blue diamonds) mounted on a ring, is 14.62 carats and is estimated to have a value ranging between 38 and 45 million Dollars. It was part of the collection of Sir Philip Oppenheimer, which controlled the world diamond market with De Beers. The diamond has had several owners after the death of Sir Philip and for the first time was auctioned, The Auction House Christie's, will not reveal the name of the owner who, according to a source is American. Sold on May 18, 2016 for the record price where The Oppenheimer Blue Diamond amounted to a figure of 57.5 million dollars! including fees, around $ 3.9 million dollars per carat, surpassing the record for an auction at least in 2016. Thus removing the previous recod for a blue diamond that was of the diamond "Blue Moon Josephine", of 12,03 carats, that was sold by 48,4 million dollars to a tycoon of Hong Kong Joseph Lau, in November of the 2015. Photo: Christie's