‘Golconda Blue’ Diamond Pulled From Auction
The 23-carat fancy vivid blue diamond, set to headline Christie’s May jewelry auction, was expected to sell for as much as $50 million.

The news was first reported by Forbes.
The diamond, once owned by Indian royals, would have been the largest fancy vivid blue diamond ever offered at auction.
Set in a ring by Joel Arthur Rosenthal, better known as JAR, it was estimated to sell for $35 million to $50 million.

Christie’s told National Jeweler that the diamond’s owner, who has not been named, made a personal decision to sell it within the family rather than put it up for auction.
According to the Forbes article, neither “tariffs nor any financial market movement” played a role in their decision.
The diamond, in the midst of a world tour, was on view in Hong Kong when the decision was made to pull it, Forbes reported.
Golconda diamonds, mined in southern India, were the first diamonds in the world to be discovered, with the first reference to their existence found in a 4th-century artifact.
The Golconda Blue belonged to Yeshwant Rao Holkar II, the Maharaja of Indore, in the 1920s and 1930s.
French jewelry house Mauboussin set the diamond in a sautoir that also featured the famed “Indore Pears,” a pair of pear-shaped diamonds weighing more than 40 carats each.

Harry Winston bought the Indore Pears in 1946 and the Golconda Blue diamond in 1947.
He sold the diamond set in a brooch to the Maharaja of Baroda.
Eventually, Winston reacquired the diamond, set it in a different piece of jewelry, and sold it to its current owner, Christie’s said.
Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction is set to take place May 14 at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues Geneva.
While the auction no longer includes the Golconda Blue, there is a 21-piece collection of jewelry by JAR up for sale. Christie’s said it is one of the largest and most important private collections of works by designer.
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