Burmese Ruby Most Expensive Ruby

It set a record as the most expensive colored gemstone ever sold at a us jewelry auction.

Burmese ruby most expensive ruby.

The camellia brooch by jar sold for chf 4 003 000 in 2012. Another world famous ruby that also happens to be the most expensive ruby ever sold is the sunrise ruby of burmese origin which sold in may of 2015 at a sotheby s auction in geneva switzerland for over 30 million usd. It is also known as the jubilee ruby. Burmese ruby or old burma ruby is the most sought after variety of ruby gemstone.

Set in a distinctive gold and diamond mounting by verdura it sold for 14 2 million which equates to 885 000 per carat. The ruby orignated from mogok in myanmar burma. Originally mined in myanmar its current name is derived from a poem of the same name written by the 13th century sufi poet rumi. Old burma rubies are exceptionally rare and exorbitantly expensive.

If you re interested in seeing more spectacular history making rubies check out this post. April 2016 a 15 99ct oval cut burmese ruby ring made by verdura sold for 14 16 million at christie s new york. The sunrise ruby the sunrise ruby is the world s most expensive ruby most expensive coloured gemstone and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond.