RARE BLUE ROYAL DIAMOND SETS ALL TIME AUCTION RECORD OF Â£16.3M

The Hindustan Times | December 11, 2008 | Copyright

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London, Dec. 11 -- (ANI): A rare blue grey diamond bearing 300 years of royal history and weighing 35.56 carat diamond has set a world record after fetching 16.3 million pounds at an auction.

The Wittelsbach Diamond, which had been in the Wittelsbach family since 1722, had been expected to gather up to 9 million pounds at Christie's Geneva auction, reports the Telegraph.

But the sparkler, which had been a part of a private collection since 1964, has now broken the world record for any diamond sold under the hammer after ...

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