The Pink Star
- When Piece was Created: mined by De Beers in 1999
- Size: 59.60 carats
- Price at Auction: $71.2 million
- Where Sold: Sotheby’s Hong Kong
- When Sold: 2017
- To Whom: Chow Tai Fook group
The delicate pink diamond was discovered in 1999 in South Africa and originally weighed 132.5 carats.
The best jewelers in the world worked for almost two years in order to lose the minimum precious weight of this bright pink diamond, and after processing the stones, it was reduced by more than half.
