Re: Auction News: Hong Kong Billionaire buys $77 million USD diamonds for 7 year-old-daughter Archived Message
Posted by malluu on November 13, 2015, 8:47 am, in reply to "Re: Auction News: Hong Kong Billionaire buys $77 million USD diamonds for 7 year-old-daughter"
This is not the first time Joseph Lau has bought diamonds for his daughters. From another article I read, Zoe is 13 and Josephine is 7. He also has an older daughter, Jade. I wonder if he has given her some diamonds too. This is copied from his Wikipedia page "In 2009, Lau bought a 7.03 carat blue diamond for his daughter Josephine, that he named the "Star of Josephine" at Sotheby's for $9.5 million. In November 2014, Lau bought a 9.75 carat blue diamond for his daughter Zoe, at Sotheby's for $32.6 million, that he named "Zoe Diamond". He also bought her a Cartier brooch featuring a 10.1 carat ruby, that he named "Zoe Red" at Christie's for $8.4 million. In November 2015, Lau bought two of the most expensive jewels in history, both for his daughter Josephine. On 10 November, he bought a 16.08 carat pink diamond at Christie's for $28.5 million. The next day, Lau bought a 12.03 carat blue diamond at Sotheby's for $48.4 million, setting new records for the most expensive jewel sold at auction and the most expensive diamond ever. He subsequently renamed them the "Sweet Josephine" and the "Blue Moon of Josephine" respectively."The Star of Josephine http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/magnificent-jewels-and-noble-jewelsbrandbra-celebration-of-taste-and-style-magnificent-jewels-from-a-private-collection-ge0902/lot.357.html
The Zoe Diamond http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/mellon-jewelry-n09246/lot.37.html
The Zoe Red http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/jewelry/an-extremely-rare-ruby-and-diamond-brooch-5853020-details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5853020&sid=19d06f6d-7640-4d28-b3d6-8773d0e61b58
The Sweet Josephine http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/jewelry/the-largest-cushion-shaped-fancy-vivid-pink-diamond-5945871-details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=5945871&sid=ffa9e140-1e05-4c6f-baef-0ede4c4691a6
The Blue Moon of Josephine http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/magnificent-jewels-and-noble-jewels-ge1505/lot.513.html
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