Christie’s and Sotheby’s both held Magnificent Jewels auctions in Geneva on Nov. 10 and Nov. 11, respectively. Combined, the auctions featured 792 jewelry lots selling for $245,553,004 total, including buyer’s premium. The sales featured hundreds of beautiful and incredibly expensive and rare jewelry pieces. Here’s a round-up of the top 10 most expensive lots from the auctions.

10. Sapphire and Diamond Ring

This striking sapphire weighs in at a hefty 40.13 carats. The stone is of Burmese origin and has a remarkable deep blue, saturated color with no evidence of heating. The ring sold for $3.19 million at the Sotheby’s auction.

9. Emerald and Diamond Harry Winston Necklace

This gorgeous, green necklace was created by Harry Winston in 1959. The vintage piece features a 22.25, 20.61 and 15.97-carat Colombian emeralds. In total, 16 emeralds are from Colombia and one is from Russia. The piece sold for $3.8 million in the Sotheby’s auction.

8. Emerald and Diamond Earrings

The two Colombian emeralds weigh 13.56 and 12.91 carats and show no signs of clarity or color treatment. The diamonds weigh 1.84 and 1.81 carats with G Color VVS2 clarity and G color VS1 clarity, respectively. The earrings sold for $3.96 million at the Christie’s auction.

7. Orange-Pink Diamond Pendant

This pendant is a rare and striking shade of natural orange-pink, with VS2 clarity as rated by the GIA. The gorgeous diamond weighs in at 15.02 carats and was sold by Sotheby’s for $4 million.

6.Impressive Unmounted Sapphire

This unmounted stone weighs 118.88 carats and its origins trace back to Burma (Myanmar). The massive stone has no indications of heating and has a beautiful royal blue color. It sold at the Christie’s auction for $4.19 million.

5. Important Colored Diamond Pendant

At the 91.81 carats, this yellow diamond is nothing short of impressive. The GIA has graded the stone as fancy vivid yellow in color with VS2 clarity. This diamond sold for $4.3 million at the Christie’s auction.

4. A Magnificent Diamond Ring

True to the lot’s name, this diamond truly is magnificent. At 50.48 carats, the diamond is graded by the GIA as D color, internally flawless clarity with excellent polish and symmetry. The ring sold for $7.88 million at the Christie’s auction.

3. Purple-Pink Diamond Ring

This extraordinarily colored diamond is also a whopping 8.24 carats — remarkable for a rare, colored diamond. The GIA has rated the diamond a natural fancy vivid purple-pink with SI1 color. Sotheby’s sold the ring for $13.9 million.

2. Cushion-Shaped Pink Diamond

This is the largest cushion-shaped pink diamond to have ever been auctions, weighing 16.08 carats. The stone is surrounded by diamonds and mounted in gold and platinum. The stone is graded by the GIA as fancy vivid pink with VVS2 clarity. The rare diamond sold for $28.68 million at the Christie’s auction.

1. The Blue Moon

It’s well known that colored diamonds, especially blue, are among the rarest diamonds in the world. On top of this the Blue Moon diamond is a massive 12.03 carats graded as an internally flawless fancy vivid blue. The gorgeous stone was sold by Sotheby’s for $48.6 million.

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