It's recession, but when it comes to buying things, one of its kind, money doesn't seem to matter a lot. Sotheby, one of the oldest auction houses from London, sold a painting of a headless man for $86.3 million in New York last year, and they thought the had broken all records. But sooner, they realize that wasn't end.
The anonymous phone bidder, who won after a 15-minute war, has yet to name the gem. "I was a little bit concerned in this market," said David Bennett, head of jewellery for Sotheby's Europe and Middle East. The previous record price for a fancy vivid blue diamond was 5.2 million pounds, including commission, for a stone weighing 6.04 carats at sale in Hong Kong in October 2007, also by Sotheby's.
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