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World’s Most Expensive Rough Diamond Changes Hands

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8 years ago

September 13, 2016

It measures over 6 centimeters wide and weighs 813-carats.

Switzerland-based de Grisogono has acquired the rights to market The Constellation, which earlier this year set a record for the world’s most expensive rough diamond, Mining.com reports. The purchase was announced at a Sept. 9 press conference at the opening of the 28th Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The diamond, which measures over 6 centimeters wide, weighs 813-carats and was discovered by Canada-based Lucara Diamond at its Karowe mine in Botswana in November 2015. In May, Dubai-based Nemesis International paid $63.1 million for the stone in an auction. Fawaz Gruosi, de Grisogono founder and executive board member, says: “To be able to bring my creative skills to the cutting and setting process of such a stone is both an honour and a privilege and I cannot wait to realise my vision for it.” De Grisogono explains that its partnership with Nemesis International allows it “to access the most precious rough diamonds, manage the entire cutting process and bring the very highest quality stones to its clients, combined with the distinctive de GRISOGONO creativity and craftsmanship.”

She Wanted to Spend More Time with Her Kids. She Called Wilkerson.

Your children are precious. More precious than gold? Absolutely! Just ask Lesley Ann Davis, owner of Lesley Ann Jewels, an independent jewelry store that — until the end of 2023 — had quite a following in Houston, Texas. To spend more time with her four sons, all in high school, she decided to close her store. Luckily, she was familiar with Wilkerson and called them as soon as she knew she wanted to move on to bigger, better and more family-focused things. Was she happy with her decision? Yes, she was. Says Davis, “Any owner looking to make that life change, looking to retire, looking to close, looking for a pause in their career, I would recommend Wilkerson. Hands down!”