The Marie-Thérèse Pink, thought to have belonged to Marie Antoinette, was auctioned by Christie’s in New York.

Christie’s New York Magnificent Jewels auction totaled $87.7 million with 100% of the lots sold, a record for a various-owner ...

This morning, at Christie’s New York’s Magnificent Jewels sale, just minutes after a Mughal carved Colombian emerald necklace ...

The Marie-Thérèse Pink, likely from circa 1868, far surpassed its top estimate of $7 million with its $13.98 million price.

When King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette tried to flee from Paris in the midst of the French Revolution in 1791, the queen ...

On the night of June 20, 1791, as the French Revolution raged in Paris, the French royal family donned disguises and started ...

Before her failed effort to flee Paris in 1791, Marie Antoinette handed a diamond to her loyal hairdresser. It's now ...

A pink diamond closed at auction for $57.73 million in Hong Kong Friday night, the most expensive diamond per carat ever sold. The 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond sold at a Sotheby’s ...

A pink diamond of “unparalleled color and brightness” sold for $34.8 million in New York on Thursday, just short of its high estimate of $35 million. Weighing 10.57 carats and named The ...

Pink diamonds are extremely rare and coveted — a now-closed mine in Australia has been the source of 90% of the colored gemstones. Polished pink specimens of the highest grade can sell for tens ...