Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels will go down in jewelry history. Thursday’s auction set multiple new benchmarks for the market and the auction house itself. The $95.9 million sale achieved the highest total for any jewelry auction ever staged at Sotheby’s in New York.

A 10.5-carat diamond named the “Eternal Pink” sold at auction Thursday for just under $35 million. It’s also been classed as “internally flawless.” Pink diamonds have a history of fetching high values,

The 55.22-carat Estrela de Fury from Mozambique, the largest ruby to have been sold at a public auction, achieved a hammer price of US$30 million after 90 seconds of bidding. Moments later, a diamond Sotheby’s calls “ Eternal Pink ,

NEW YORK -- The world's most expensive diamond and ruby have been sold in the same auction -- a first in auction history. A 55-carat ruby sold for nearly $35 million at Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels Auction. Shortly after, the most vivid pink diamond, known as the Eternal Pink, also sold at the auction.

The Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels sale in New York held June 8 is the first auction to sell two items for more than $30 million

STORY: This pink diamond sold for $34.8 millionat auction, setting a new world recordDate: File - March 27, 2023‘The Eternal Pink’ is 10.57 carats and comes from a mine in Botswana(Frank Everett, Sotheby’s New York)"You can't underestimate the rarity of coming across a stone this clear and this intense or vivid in terms of the color at this size.

A dazzling pink diamond fetched $34.8 million at an auction in New York City.