(16 Jun 2025)
HONG KONG ROYAL PINK DIAMOND +REPLAY+
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Hong Kong – 26 May 2025
1. Various close-ups of The Marie-Thérèse pink diamond ring
2. Mid of a auction staff member showing ring
3. Various of Rahul Kadakia, International Head of Jewelry at Christie’s, inspecting the diamond with loupe
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rahul Kadakia, International Head of Jewelry, Christie’s:
“The Marie-Thérèse pink diamond belonged to Duchess Marie Thérèse of Angoulême, who was the daughter of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. This very special diamond weighs 10.38 carats. It is a fancy purple-pink diamond from the 18th century, and most likely from the Golconda mines in India. From Marie Thérèse of Angoulême, it passed on to her niece, Duchess Marie Thérèse of Chambord, and from there to Duchess Marie Thérèse of Bavaria. In 1996, the descendants of Duchess Marie Thérèse of Bavaria sold the diamond at auction in Geneva, and this is the only other time it is coming up for sale at Christie’s in New York on June 17, with an estimate of 3 to 5 million US dollars.”
5. Various of Kadakia inspecting the diamond
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rahul Kadakia, International Head of Jewelry, Christie’s:
“It’s a very special stone. It’s pink. It’s a special shape. It’s from the most storied mine in the world, Golconda. It comes from the French royal house, then from the House of Bavaria. The color is extremely special. And now, there is a fusion of an old 18th-century diamond with the jewelry house JAR in Paris, it has everything that one can want.”
7. Various close-ups of ring
8. Wide of Christie’s showroom in Hong Kong
STORYLINE:
LEADIN
A huge pink diamond with royal heritage is going up for auction next month.
The gemstone once belonged to French queen Marie Antoinette’s daughter and could fetch as much as $5 million.
STORYLINE
A ring so special it’s on a world tour.
Los Angeles, Geneva and now Hong Kong.
The stone is associated with European royalty, being passed down from the famous queen Marie Antoinette to several of her elite descendants.
Weighing 10.38 carat, this fancy purple-pink kite-shaped diamond dates back to the mid 18th century.
While no official records have been found, by repute, this diamond is believed to have owned by Marie Thérèse of Angoulême, who was the daughter of Marie Antoinette.
In 1996, the diamond resurfaced at an auction in Geneva, offered for sale by a member of a European royal family. Since then, it has been hidden from the public eye until now.
The diamond is now set in a ring by Joel Arthur Rosenthal, the famous Parisian jeweler, called JAR for short.
It’s expected to fetch between $3 million and $5 million.
“It’s a very special stone. It’s pink. It’s a special shape. It’s from the most storied mine in the world, Golconda. It comes from the French royal house, then from the House of Bavaria. The color is extremely special," explains Rahul Kadakia, International Head of Jewelry at Christie’s, the auction house which is selling the ring.
"And now, there is a fusion of an old 18th-century diamond with the jewelry house JAR in Paris, has everything that one can want.”
The ring will go under the hammer in New York on 17 June.
AP video by Alice Fung
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