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xln1120 发表于 2013-11-14 16:45

粉钻“粉红之星”卖出8300万美元天价

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]A diamond known as the Pink Star has sold for $83m at auction in Geneva - a record price for a gemstone.[/b][/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]一颗名为“粉红之星”的宝石在日内瓦的一场拍卖会上以8300万美元价格成交——创造了宝石价格的历史之最。[/b][/size][/font]
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[color=#0000FF]The moment the Pink Star diamond was sold for a record breaking price[/color]
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[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The [url=http://www.enread.com/news/business/94743.html]diamond[/url] measures 2.69cm by 2.06cm and is set on a ring.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The Pink Star was sold to Isaac Wolf, a well known New York diamond cutter who has renamed it the Pink Dream.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The winning bid surpasses the $46.2m paid for the Graff Pink diamond three years ago, which was half the size of the Pink Star.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The $83m includes Sotheby's commission.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]The winning bid was for 68m Swiss francs ($74m) and reports say there was a long silence between that offer and the previous telephone bid of 67m Swiss francs.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]"Ladies and gentlemen, 68 million is the world record bid for a diamond ever bid and it's right here," Sotheby's David Bennett said as he brought down the hammer. [/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Sotheby's played the theme tune from the "[url=http://www.enread.com/news/business/94743.html]Pink[/url] Panther" movie after the winning bid was confirmed.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px][b]Origins[/b][/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]According to the auctioneer, the Pink Star was mined by De Beers in Africa in 1999, but it did not say which country.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]"It's really extraordinarily rare," said Mr Bennett.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]"Very, very few of these stones have ever appeared at auction."[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]It took two years to cut and polish the diamond, which was 132.5 carat in its rough state.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]In its finished condition the Pink Star is 59.60 carat, more than double the size of the next biggest diamond in its class.[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]A [url=http://www.enread.com/news/business/94743.html]carat[/url] is a weight measurement used for gemstones and is 0.2g (0.00705 ounces).[/size][/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma][size=12px]Sotheby's has sold almost $200m worth of jewellery in its current auction, a record for a single auction according to the company.[/size][/font]
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kobe 发表于 2013-11-14 21:16

what a beautiful diamond

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