Burmese Ruby Ring Auction

Invaluable is the world s largest marketplace for art antiques and collectibles.

Burmese ruby ring auction.

Unfortunately these famous burmese mines are now almost fully depleted making burmese rubies ever scarcer and expensive. The claws holding the exceptional stone are set with inverted baguette cut diamonds mounted in platinum. Cartier grabbed the auction crown in november 2014 at christie s geneva with their 23 66 carat burmese ruby and diamond ring popularly known as the the queen of burma. Buy burmese rubies gemstones.

The most expensive ruby ever sold at an auction house the sunrise ruby that fetched over 30 million us dollars in 2015 beating all previously held records. These are widely considered to be the best of best with the strong red saturation of color. 23 66 carat burmese ruby and diamond ring. A third colored gem receiving attention is a 6 41 carat unheated burmese pigeon s blood ruby mounted on an 18k yellow and white gold ring surrounded by french cut diamond.

Elmwood s auctioneers will be offering a spectacular 14 67 carat natural burmese ruby ring in its upcoming sale of important jewels on november 28 2019. The gemstone was formerly in the collection of luz mila patiño countess du boisrouvray. Sold for chf 365 000 in 2016. Buy online view images and see past prices for 5 23 carat burmese unheated ruby and diamond ring.

Look for pigeons blood red stones that have minimal treatments or if the budget does not extend that far look for a milky stone with good color. The sunrise ruby a 25 59 ct burmese ruby ring by cartier sold for us 32 42 million 1 266 901 ct at sotheby s geneva on 12 may 2015 a per carat and total price world ruby auction record. Gem rock auctions has a large selection of burmese rubies online. Natural rubies above 5 carats are extremely rare so to have one over 14 carats is extraordinary which means that rubies of this size infrequently come onto the market.

The top lot of the night was a 32 08 carat cushion shaped burmese ruby and diamond ring by chaumet which sold for more than 6 7 million a new world record price for any ruby sold at auction.