Pink diamond worth millions shown in London ahead of auction

[TexasTowelie]

Sotheby's is displaying the startling "pink star" diamond in London before it's auctioned in Hong Kong next month.

The company says the gem should fetch more than $60 million when put on the block April 4, which would represent a record for a pink diamond sold at auction.

It said Monday the 59.60-carat gem is the largest flawless fancy pink diamond ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America.

Sotheby's jewelry division chief David Bennett said that the gem's size and color "surpassed any known pink diamond recorded in history." It was mined in Africa in 1999.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pink-diamond-worth-millions-shown-london-ahead-auction-46250202

[Vinca]

1. You would think there might be a photo at the link. You'd be wrong.

I'll have to check out Sotheby's.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

4. Yeah, I was interested in seeing picture too. n/t

[TexasTowelie]

5. I found some pictures!

http://www.gosanangelo.com/story/life/style/2017/03/20/pink-diamond-worth-millions-shown-london-ahead-auction/99425822/

[yardwork]

11. Thank you for posting the photos. It's not that attractive, is it?

Big diamonds just look like rocks to me.

[Vinca]

12. Thanks!

Now I know what to look for when I'm out treasuring hunting at yard sales.

[KittyWampus]

14. Thanks, if I saw it in RL I'd think it was Rose Quartz. LOLZ

[TexasTowelie]

6. See post #5. nt

[Ruy Lopez]

2. I hope they hired top security to protect this pink diamond

[TexasTowelie]

3. I suspect that diamond

will be be purr-loined.

[area51]

7. You beat me to it. n/t

[JI7]

8. don't they make fake stuff that looks just as good ?

[TexasTowelie]

9. I think that it has more to do than just the looks of the jewelry.

It's the notoriety of owning the gem.

[DFW]

10. Isn't that the thing Leonardo Di Caprio found in "Blood Diamond?"

OK, maybe not. But I'll bet it was the inspiration for the stone in the film, anyway.

[liquid diamond]

13. $60 million for a rock that doesn't do anything?