24-carat diamond ring sold at auction for more than $14.6 million

A ring with an unusual bright pink diamond of 24 carats was sold this week at auction for 12.1 million Swiss francs (more than $ 14.6 million).

According to the Associated Press, it was expected that the diamond Bulgari Pink cut “emerald” will cost 10-15 million francs ($12-18 million) as the main lot of the seasonal sale of jewelry auction house in Geneva.

" This extremely rare gem, presumably mined in famous mines in India, has remained in the possession of the same family since its acquisition there in the 1950s.

Ahead of the sale, Christie’s head of jewelry Max Fawcett called the stone “the Mona Lisa among pink diamonds.”.

Mines in southern India have given the world some of the world’s most famous diamonds, including the Kohinoor and Hope Diamond.

A private collection of nearly 300 twentieth-century jewelry, including works by Bulgari, Cartier and Graff, was also put up for auction.