Exceptional fancy vivid blue diamond: $42,087,302, Geneva, May 2017
Important fancy intense pink diamond: $15,338,176, Geneva, May 2017
In May 2017, Sotheby’s presented the ultimate in colored diamonds: Apollo and Artemis, since renamed to The Memory of Autumn Leaves and The Dream of Autumn Leaves, comprised of a blue diamond weighing 14.54 carats, internally flawless, type IIb, and a pink diamond weighing 16.00 carats, VVS2 clarity, type IIa. The stones were mounted as a spectacular pair of earrings, offered separately, on account of their extreme rarity, power and presence. Selling together for CHF57,118,750 ($57,425,478), they became the most valuable earrings ever sold at auction.