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It was on public display at the Monogram Room, Four Seasons Hotel Dubai International Financial Centre in September 2022.

The Williamson Pink Star diamond has gone on display in Dubai. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National

The gem sold for for $49.9 million at auction in Hong Kong.

The stone is one of only two of its calibre to ever come to auction.

Wenhao Yu, chairman of jewellery and watches at Sotheby’s Asia shows off the stone.

Ahmed Bin Sulayem, executive chairman and chief executive of DMCC, inspects the gemstone.

It weighs an impressive 11.15 carats, and has been certified as 'internally flawless' and 'fancy vivid' — the highest grade of coloured diamond available.

It was on public display at the Monogram Room, Four Seasons Hotel Dubai International Financial Centre in September 2022.

The Williamson Pink Star diamond has gone on display in Dubai. All photos: Pawan Singh / The National

The gem sold for for $49.9 million at auction in Hong Kong.

The stone is one of only two of its calibre to ever come to auction.

Wenhao Yu, chairman of jewellery and watches at Sotheby’s Asia shows off the stone.

Ahmed Bin Sulayem, executive chairman and chief executive of DMCC, inspects the gemstone.

It weighs an impressive 11.15 carats, and has been certified as 'internally flawless' and 'fancy vivid' — the highest grade of coloured diamond available.

It was on public display at the Monogram Room, Four Seasons Hotel Dubai International Financial Centre in September 2022.

Williamson Pink Star: rare diamond sells for $49.9m in Hong Kong auction

'Extremely rare' stone sets record for the world’s highest price per carat for a diamond sold at auction

October 09, 2022

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