A Sotheby's staff member shows the decline in Sun Diamond press preview in Hong Kong, Thursday, October 6, 2011. 110.03 carat Fancy Vivid Yellow qualified, the highest grade a diamond's color yellow. The diamond will be auctioned at Sotheby's Geneva, November 15 to achieve U.S. $ 11-15 million.
HONG KONG - One of the largest diamonds in the world, a 110.3-carat pear-shaped stone will go under the hammer in Geneva in November expects to recover approximately $ 15 million, an auction house said Thursday.
Sun Drop Diamond found in South Africa last year, Sotheby 's is billed as "the world's best-known pear-shaped fancy vivid yellow diamond."
"This stone has a huge presence and is really impressive. It is also one of the largest diamonds ever appeared at auction," said Sotheby Switzerland Co-Chair David Bennett in a press conference in Hong Kong.
Chinatown, which has become the third largest of the auction world after New York and London, was the first step of an international tour with the gemstone is filed before November 15 auction.