The Graff Pink is a pink diamond which is very rare in nature, but this particular diamond is rarer still because it is 24.78 carat, a typical pink diamond would be 5 carats.
It sold at Sotheby's in 2010 for £29 million after a hard fought battle of wills between four bidders, it went to a billionaire jeweller called Lawrence Graff. Graff has been named the king of bling after buying the previous world record breaking ring, a 17th century blue diamond called the Wittelsbach.
The diamond was among less then two percent of the worlds diamonds categorised as 'potentially flawless.' After buying the piece graff gave it to his world class cutters who carefully removed 25 natural flaws and increased the colour of the piece, something only a handful of people can do. From there the diamond was sent for analysis at the Gemological Institute of America who declared the diamond flawless and richer in colour. All without loosing a single carat!
It was now that Lawrence Graff named the diamond after himself. The Graff Pink
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