News Bureau

December 16, 2017

Sotheby’s leads global jewellery auction!

Jewellery auction reaches $551.4mn in 2017

With worldwide sales for the year totalling $551,300K Sotheby’s Jewellery division is proud to lead the global auction market in this category. As well as strong results for coloured gemstones and signed jewels, major highlights from 2017 include a world auction record for any diamond or gemstone, with The CTF Pink Star ($71.2m, Hong Kong, 4 April) and a world auction record for earrings, with “The Memory of Autumn Leaves” and “The Dream of Autumn Leaves” ($57.4m, Geneva, 15 May).

“2017 has been an exceptionally successful year for Jewellery at Sotheby’s, with all four selling centres – Geneva, New York, Hong Kong and London - performing very well. Innovations this year have included the scaling up of our online-only sales, as well as our very successful new Fine Jewels auctions in Geneva, which totalled $8.9 million. We were also very pleased to celebrate the tenth anniversary of our dedicated sales of Noble Jewels in Geneva” said David Bennett, Worldwide Chairman, Sotheby’s Jewellery Division.