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Sotheby's Auction Nets 24 Mil.
Fetching $1.6 million, a 26.09-carat diamond ring by Harry Winston was the top lot at Sotheby's "Magnificent Jewels" sale Thursday.
Harry Winston Ring.
The auction house sold 90.6 percent of its pieces by value and 81.7 percent by lot at the auction, which brought in $23.9 million.
Other highlights of the sale included a fancy, intense blue diamond weighing 3.16 carats that brought in nearly $1.1 million,
a sapphire and diamond ring that sold for $956,800 and a 12.6-carat marquise-shaped diamond weighing 12.6 carats that fetched $559,200.
The auction also featured a private collection of jewelry by René Lalique, which brought a total of $1.12 million. The collection included an opalescent glass, enamel, diamond and seed pearl necklace, circa 1899, that sold for $352,000—more than twice its estimated value.
