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Top 10 Most Expensive Antique Jewelry Pieces Ever Sold

Signed antique jewelry by Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Bulgari regularly achieves record prices. The most expensive piece of antique jewelry ever sold was the Blue Moon of Josephine diamond, a 12.03-carat blue diamond that sold for $48.4 million at Sotheby's Geneva in 2015. These are the 10 highest verified prices in our database.

World record: $48.4M — Blue Moon of Josephine diamond, Sotheby's Geneva 2015

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IMPORTANT RUBY AND DIAMOND NECKLACE

IMPORTANT RUBY AND DIAMOND NECKLACE Designed as twenty-five cushion-shaped rubies together weighing 50.24 carats, the largest ruby weighing 3.11 carats, decorated and spaced by rou…

BONHAMS AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS, Hong Kong, Admiralty November 2022

$9,813,000

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A MUGHAL CARVED EMERALD NECKLACE

A MUGHAL CARVED EMERALD NECKLACE …

CHRISTIE'S, New York June 2025

$6,221,000

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A MUGHAL MULTI-GEM AND EMERALD NECKLACE

A MUGHAL MULTI-GEM AND EMERALD NECKLACE …

CHRISTIE'S, New York June 2025

$5,555,500

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CONCH PEARL, PEARL AND DIAMOND NECKLACE

CONCH PEARL, PEARL AND DIAMOND NECKLACE …

CHRISTIE'S, Hong Kong October 2024

$5,544,000

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JADEITE, RUBY AND DIAMOND NECKLACE

JADEITE, RUBY AND DIAMOND NECKLACE Composed of forty-nine graduated jadeite beads of intense emerald green colour and good translucency, completed by a calibré-cut ruby and step-cu…

BONHAMS AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS, Hong Kong, Admiralty November 2022

$5,521,800

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