They are the rarest and most valuable coloured diamonds on the planet and with the imminent closure of the Kimberley mine that produces them, Argyle Pink Diamonds are becoming more precious by the day.
Every year, Frauke Bolten-Boshammer bids against the most powerful diamond connoisseurs in the world for a chance to get hold of some of the rarest and most valuable coloured stones on the planet.The Argyle Pink Diamond Tender is a collection of the rarest coloured diamonds in the worldThe Argyle Diamond Mine is closing at the end of 2020, after 40 years of operations
And the 50-60 stones selected for the yearly tender are even rarer still, equating to less than one tenth of a per cent of the year's production. The historic 57.23-carat tender collection was launched virtually this month, to an exclusive group of diamond connoisseurs and luxury jewellery houses. You need to have deep pockets to afford these rare gems, with the top bids fetching prices into the millions of dollars per carat.
"Argyle really changed the course of diamond history and has brought to life a palette of colour that the world has never seen," she said. Kimberley Fine Diamonds manager Helen Thorne said it would be the end of an era for long-term collectors when the tender called its last bids.
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