Gemfields Sees Record Emerald Auction
五月 23, 2019Gemfields’ May emerald sale fetched $22.4 million, as the miner noted an improvement in the market.
The Singapore sale’s top lot, purchased by Chatree Gems of Thailand, set a price-per-carat record for Zambian rough emeralds at a Gemfields auction. The lot comprises two gems weighing a combined 65 carats, which were named Green and Ice in honor of the 1981 movie, Green Ice, starring Omar Sharif and Ryan O’Neal, Gemfields said Monday.
The miner sold 310,000 carats of rough emeralds at an average price of $72 per carat, the highest at any Gemfields emerald auction. Some 80% of lots found buyers, with 45 companies placing bids.
“As the results of this auction show, we continue to see encouraging signs of recovery in the emerald sector,” said Adrian Banks, Gemfields’ managing director of product and sales – source www.diamonds.net Rapaport