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Sotheby’s Jewelry Auctions Fetch $562M in 2015

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8 years ago

January 5, 2016

INSTORE Staff

One illustrious diamond in particular buoyed last year’s sales.

International auction house Sotheby’s recorded $562 million in 2015 jewelry sales spread over 11 separate auctions, a figure that falls shy of 2014’s record of $602.5 million, according to Rapaport. “The company sold $300.5 million of pieces at its two Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels auctions in Geneva, including $161.7 million at the May event and $138.8 in November, where it auctioned off the high-profile Blue Moon diamond for $48.5 million.”

Why This Jeweler Chose Wilkerson

Mark Lauer is the owner of Mark Michael Diamond Designs, the Minnesota-based jewelry gallery known for exceptional and uniquely designed diamond jewelry. Though he loved creating the beautiful jewelry his business was known for, retirement was an exciting alternative to the 60+ hours a week he’d spent building it up. He called Wilkerson to help with a retirement sale. “I did talk to two other companies, but I just didn’t feel they offered the same services that Wilkerson did,” he says. “I knew Wilkerson had the expertise to follow through and give me the service and results that I wanted. They’re the number one rock stars in this industry.”