The Dec 8 Magnificent Jewels sale at Christies brought $54.9m.
 An oval-shaped, 17.73 carat Kashmir sapphire ring made $2.1m, nearly triple its $800k upper valuation. | A cut-cornered rectangular mixed-cut, 70.19-carat, fancy vivid yellow diamond pendant necklace made $2.9m, just below its high estimate. A pear modified brilliant-cut, 7-carat, fancy-blue diamond ring beat its high estimate, going for $2.2m. |  |
 | A 8.74-carat, fancy-dark-grey-blue, internally flawless diamond flanked by triangular-shaped diamonds fetched $2.6m, smashing its $1.5m upper valuation. A cut-cornered rectangular mixed-cut, fancy vivid orangy-pink diamond, weighing 5.38 carats sold for $2.7m, within its estimate. |  |