NEW YORK – A “perfect” 100-carat diamond in a classic emerald cut is going on the auction block, where it could fetch between $19 million to $25 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sotheby’s will offer the white diamond on April 21 in New York. It’s an internally flawless D color stone, which the auctioneer said is considered “perfect.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sotheby’s New York jewelry department head Gary Schuler likened the 100.20-carat stone’s transparency “to a pool of icy water.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The stone is the only classic emerald-cut white diamond of the highest color and clarity and over 100 carats to come to auction, according to Sotheby’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The diamond was mined in southern Africa within the last 10 years and weighed over 200 carats before it was cut and polished, the auction house said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The owner wishes to remain anonymous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only five “perfect” diamonds over 100 carats have sold at auction in the last 25 years. A 118-carat oval-cut stone fetched $30.6 million at Sotheby’s in 2013, setting a record for a white diamond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A record for any diamond is $46 million for a 24.78-carat emerald-cut pink stone, set at Sotheby’s in 2010. It also set a record for any jewel at auction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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