Pink Legacy diamond sold for record £38.5m

Ultra-rare gem sets a new high of £2m per carat

Pink Legacy diamond
The Pink Legacy, a 18.96 carat fancy vivid pink diamond once owned by the Oppenheimer family, after its sale at Christie's auction house in Geneva, Switzerland
(Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty)

A rare diamond has sold at auction for $50m (£38.5m), the highest price per carat in history for a pink diamond and one of the highest for any diamond.

The 18.96-carat Pink Legacy went under the hammer at Christie’s in the Swiss city of Geneva on Tuesday, as part of the auction house’s annual Magnificent Jewels sale.

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