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Golconda-Type Diamonds and Signed Jewels Headline Leslie Hindman’s Important Jewelry Sale
Jewels du JourWith more than 1,300 lots, Leslie Hindman’s upcoming Important Jewelry sale is arguably the largest spring jewelry auction of the bunch. The two day sale, scheduled for April 3rd and 4th, offers an impressively wide range – with multiples at every increment – of jewelry for every collector and budget. From a selection of lots with estimates under $100 to a couple of Type IIa five-plus carat diamonds with six-figure estimates, the mammoth sale hits all the price points any buyer could ask for. At the top of the pyramid is a perfect octagonal step-cut diamond (est. $275,000-325,000), weighing 5.94 carats and graded D color, Internally Flawless clarity and identified as Type IIa (or Golconda-type). The sale also includes a second Type IIa diamond, a 5.99-carat octagonal step-cut stone of D color and VS1 clarity (est. $250,000-300,000). Like the legendary Golconda diamonds mined from the source these rare stones are named after in India, newer diamonds identified as Type IIa exhibit the same purity as the old Golconda diamonds and comprise less than 2 percent of all gem diamonds. As to be expected of all jewelry auctions, the sale features a selection of impressive colorless diamonds as well as a handful […]
