Ua hōʻailona ʻo Sotheby's i kāna huina kiʻekiʻe loa no hoʻokahi makahiki o ke kūʻai aku ʻana i nā mea nani ma 2012, e loaʻa ana he $460.5 miliona, me ka ulu ikaika ʻana ma kāna mau hale kūʻai. Ma keʻano maʻamau, alakaʻi nā daimana ʻōlelo i ke kūʻai aku. He makahiki maikaʻi loa ia no nā kūʻai kūʻai ʻana i nā ʻohi waiwai pilikino. Ma waena o nā mea koʻikoʻi o ka makahiki 2012: * Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Sotheby's Geneva i kahi moʻolelo kūʻai kūʻai honua hou no kēlā me kēia kūʻai kūʻai mea kūʻai like ʻole ma Mei ma $108.4 miliona. kūʻai aku i ka awelika o 84 pākēneka ma ka hailona.* 72 mau ʻāpana i kūʻai ʻia ma mua o $1 miliona, me ʻeono o ia mau ʻāpana kūʻai aku ma luna o $5 miliona. * Ua ʻike ʻo Sotheby i kāna huina kiʻekiʻe loa no ka lā kūʻai mea kūʻai aku ma ʻAmelika, i ka wā i hōʻea ai kāna mau kūʻai kūʻai aku ma Kekemapa ma New York i $64.8 miliona. ma ʻAsia.* Na nā hōʻiliʻili pilikino koʻikoʻi i hoʻoulu i nā hualoaʻa kūʻai ikaika, me nā mea nani a Brooke Astor, Este Lauder, Evelyn H. Lauder, Mrs. ʻO Charles Wrightsman, ʻo Suzanne Belperron a me Michael Wellby. * ʻElua mau kūʻai kūʻai "keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo" i kūʻai ʻia - "Na mea waiwai mai ka Personal Collection of Suzanne Belperron" ma Geneva i Mei, a me "The Jewellery Collection of the Late Michael Wellby" ma Lākana i Dekemaba-kūʻai ʻia. 100 pakeneka ma ka hailona. Ma waena o nā mea koʻikoʻi o ke kūʻai aku ʻana: * Ua kūʻai ʻia kahi daimana polū hohonu 10.48-carat no ka ʻoi aku ma mua o $10.8 miliona-e hoʻokumu ana i kahi kumukūʻai palapala honua hou no ka carat no kekahi daimana uliuli hohonu ma ke kudala ($1.03 miliona no ka carat) a me kahi ke kumu kūʻai palapala honua no kēlā me kēia briolette daimana ma ke kudala. Ua kūʻai ʻia ke daimana e Laurence Graff. ʻO ka Beau Sancy, ka waiwai o ka hale aliʻi o Prussia, kūʻai ʻia no $9.7 miliona. ʻO ka 34.98 carat modified pear double rose cut diamond-me kona mau makahiki 400 o ka mōʻaukala aliʻi-ʻo ia kekahi o nā daimana aliʻi koʻikoʻi i hele mai i ke kūʻai ʻana. * He daimana 6.54-carat flawless pink flawless a me diamond Ring na Oscar Heyman & ʻO nā kaikunāne (kiʻi ʻia ma ka ʻākau) mai ka Kohi o Evelyn H. Lauder, kūʻai ʻia no $8.6 miliona e pōmaikaʻi ai i ka Breast Cancer Research Foundation. ʻO ia ka papa kiʻekiʻe loa ma kahi kūʻai aku ʻo Dekemaba mai nā hōʻiliʻili o Estee Lauder a me Evelyn H. Lauder i pōmaikaʻi i ke kahua i hoʻokumu ʻia e Evelyn Lauder. Ua kūʻai ʻia nā hōʻiliʻili ma mua o $22. 2 miliona, ʻoi aku ma mua o kāna kuhi kiʻekiʻe he $18 miliona.
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