No new home for this beauty: Fancy Deep Blue Diamond
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Sotheby’s November auction of fine jewels, which in 2007 set price records, failed to raise bids to a level where it could sell the three highest priced items Wednesday night in Geneva. David Bennett, chairman of jewelry for Europe and the Middle East at the auction house said “Tonight’s sale was assembled in the wake of our near-all-time record Geneva jewels sale [May 2008] and most of the property was consigned and valued prior to the turmoil in the financial markets.
