Most Expensive Ruby Color

That s a staggering number which makes it the most expensive ruby ever sold.

Most expensive ruby color.

Another expensive ruby ring sold at a sotheby s geneva auction is the graff ruby which was sold back to an earlier owner laurence graff in november of 2014. 2 the most expensive rubies the crimson flame ruby 18 382 385 this burmese pigeon ruby color of 15 04 carats cut in the cushion and mounted on a ring in the center of a crown of diamonds obtained the record price per carat for a burmese ruby. This meant the 26 carat gem named the sunrise ruby after a poem by the legendary 13th century poet rumi sold at 1 18 million per carat. The ruby weighs 27 74 g or 138 7 carats.

The ruby was donated to the smithsonian in 1965 by rosser reeves an advertising mogul after whom the gemstone is named. In 2015 an extremely rare burmese ruby was auctioned off at a sotheby s event in geneva for over 30 million. There are a total of 35 rare unheated burmese rubies on this necklace all of which are pigeon blood color the largest two of which are over 10 carats and weigh a total of 87 78 carats. The world s most expensive ruby the sunrise ruby is also the world s most expensive.

The cushion cut burmese ruby also of pigeon blood red color weighs 8 62 carats and is set between triangle shaped diamonds in a white metal mounting accompanied by bead.