In May 2009, Sotheby's achieved the world record price per carat for any gemstone at auction when a rare fancy vivid blue internally flawless diamond of 7.03 carats, now named 'Star of Josephine,' was sold in Geneva for $9.48 million, or $1,349,752 per carat. The top bidder also shelled out $39.2 million for Paul Gauguin's Te Poipoi, a painting of a Tahitian scene....he can fly home with his treasures in his Boeing 787 Dreamliner...it's only passenger, to hang his new painting on the walls of his Hong Kong home......
Thursday, March 7, 2013
THE STAR OF JOSEPHINE
In May 2009, Sotheby's achieved the world record price per carat for any gemstone at auction when a rare fancy vivid blue internally flawless diamond of 7.03 carats, now named 'Star of Josephine,' was sold in Geneva for $9.48 million, or $1,349,752 per carat. The top bidder also shelled out $39.2 million for Paul Gauguin's Te Poipoi, a painting of a Tahitian scene....he can fly home with his treasures in his Boeing 787 Dreamliner...it's only passenger, to hang his new painting on the walls of his Hong Kong home......
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