Ahead of GSM Art's November 16 Launch: Christie's Two Shanghai Evening Sales Total CNY 118 Million on November 13 for Its 40th Anniversary in Asia, Led by the 90.80-Carat Starlight Necklace at CNY 8.3 Million

GSM Art, GSM's new art channel, will officially launch on November 16. On the eve of the launch, the latest figures from the auction market come from Shanghai: Christie's, marking its 40th anniversary in Asia, held two evening sales in Shanghai on November 13. According to the results published on Christie's official website, the Luxury Evening Sale, centred on jewellery and watches, realised CNY 38,620,160, and the 20th/21st Century Evening Sale realised CNY 79,475,200, for a combined total of CNY 118,095,360. Both sales took place at the Christie's Shanghai Art Space at BUND ONE, No. 1 Zhongshan Dong Yi Road on the Bund.

The Luxury Evening Sale was led by the Starlight necklace by William Goldberg, centred on a 90.80-carat pear brilliant-cut light-brown diamond of VS2 clarity and type IIa, suspended from a rectangular-cut yellow diamond on a chain of pear-shaped pink diamonds and variously cut colourless diamonds; it sold for CNY 8.3 million, just under its estimate of CNY 8.6 million to 18 million. Other top lots in the sale included a Tiffany & Co. ring with an 11.69-carat D-colour internally flawless type IIa round diamond, which made CNY 5.5 million; a ring centred on a 6.84-carat heart-shaped Muzo Colombian emerald, at CNY 4.3 million; a 14.58-carat fancy-vivid-yellow diamond ring and a 21.87-carat royal-blue Burmese sapphire ring, at CNY 4.1 million each; and a rearing-stallion brooch by jewellery artist Wallace Chan, at CNY 2.9 million.

Christie's official results pages also show strong totals elsewhere in its November season, including CHF 41,481,200 for the Geneva Magnificent Jewels sale on November 10 and CHF 47,824,592 for the Geneva Rare Watches sale on November 9. After its launch, GSM Art will continue to cover official developments in antiques, collecting, auctions and exhibitions; the sale totals in this report follow Christie's official published results, and individual lot prices follow the figures published by the auction house and industry media.

图中是上海外滩建筑群，佳士得上海艺术空间位于外滩中山东一路1号的BUND ONE。

Source: Christie's

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