3 ct Pink Diamond could Fetch $1.6m

3 ct Pink Diamond ring

A fancy intense 3.03-carat pink diamond is among the highlights at Phillips’ New York Jewels Auction next month with a $1.2m to $1.6m estimate.

Other diamonds of note include a 4.43-carat oval fancy vivid yellow diamond ring (estimate $75,000 to $125,000), and a colorless emerald-cut diamond weighing 6.03 carats (F color, VVS1 clarity) with a $90,000 to $150,000 estimate. All three diamonds are set in rings.

The sale also features Etoile de Mer, a starfish-shaped sapphire, tsavorite, and diamond brooch by Jean Schlumberger, the French jewelry designer who famously revitalized Tiffany & Co during his tenure there, from 1956.

Among the 105 lots there is also a selection of signed jewels from Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari, Chaumet, and others. The sale is on 12 June.

Source: IDEX