6Wittelsbach Diamond – Price: $23.4 million
The Wittelsbach Diamond is one of the oldest colored diamonds in the world. Not to mention, one of the most expensive auction items!
Discovered in the mid 17th century, in India, the diamond weighed 35.56 karats.
After hundreds of years passing by, and after being part of the Austrian and Bavarian crown jewels, the Wittelsbach Diamond now weighs about 30 karats.
Laurence Graff, founder of Graff Diamonds has purchased multiple expensive stones at auction.
Notably, he has bought he cushion-shaped blue diamond in 2008, for $23.4 million.
Now called the Wittelsbach Graff Diamond, the gem ‘has a pedigree that is incomparable‘, said Sotheby’s senior global specialist Daniela Mascetti.
