![]() | Christie’s sold a 15 carat Burmese ruby for $18m at its Magnificent Jewels auction in Hong Kong in December 2015, setting a world auction record for a ruby of $1.2 million per carat. The 'Crimson Flame' surpassed its high estimate of $15 million.![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() The 8.62-carat cushion-shaped 'Graff Ruby' set a then world auction record for a ruby at $8,600,410, as well as a record price per carat for a ruby at $997,727 in 2014. |
![]() | At Christie’s November 2016 auction in Hong Kong the headliner was the Ratnaraj ruby, a 10.05-carat Burmese “pigeon’s blood” ruby. It made $10.2 million, achieving the third-highest per-carat price for a ruby at just over $1 million per carat. | ![]() |
![]() | Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Sale on October 3, 2017. Top lot was an oval ruby weighing 13.26 carats, with two rose-cut diamonds. BHAGAT. $10,452,800. | ![]() |
![]() 10.10 carat Mogok Burmese ruby and diamond brooch by Cartier. $8,428,127 or $834,468 per carat in 2014. | ![]() 29.62 carat Mogok Burmese ruby and diamond ring by Cartier. $7,379,953 or $249,154 per carat in 2014. |
![]() The Patiño Ruby. 32.08 carats Mogok Burmese ruby and diamond ring by Chaumet. $6,736,750 or $209,998 per carat in 2012. | ![]() The Queen of Burma. 23.66-carat Burmese Ruby and diamond ring by Cartier. $6,084,559 or $257,166 per carat in 2014. |
![]() The Regal Ruby. 13.21-carat Mogok Burmese Ruby and diamond ring. $5,967,465 or $451,738 per carat in 2013 | ![]() A 30.20-carat Burmese ruby and diamond Ring. $4,265,586 or $141,245 per carat 2011. |
![]() 8.99 carat Mogok Burmese ruby and diamond Ring by Harry Winston. $3,935,105 or $437,720 per carat 2013. | ![]() The Richard Burton ruby and diamond ring. 8.24 carats by Van Cleef & Arpels. $4,226,500 or $512,925 per carat 2013. |
![]() 12.46-carat Burmese ruby and diamond ring. $3,721,415 or $298,669 per carat 2014. | ![]() “The Pride of Burma,” a 6.25 carat, cushion-shaped Burmese ruby and diamond ring. US $2-2.5m. |
![]() | Red Emperor Necklace. 104.51 carat total weight; 60 faceted pear and heart-shaped stones in a Fai Dee/James W. Curren necklace. Auction record for ruby jewelry. $9,923,077 or $94,949 per carat. Sotheby's Hong Kong April 7, 2014![]() | ![]() |
![]() | The Heart of the Kingdom Ruby necklace, from the house of Gerard, has a 40.63 carat heart shaped Burmese ruby set on a 155 carat diamond necklace. $ 14m. | ![]() |