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Ruby auction records

Recorded results for ruby at auction: 10. Every row carries the realised total and the price per carat. Origin, weight, disclosed treatment and the laboratory report are shown wherever the catalogue entry stated them.

Ruby buying guideAll species
Lots
10
Unsold
0
Origins
3
Last read
Aug 22, 2026
Highest realised · ruby, CHF

CHF 4,779,000

An exceptional ruby and diamond ring

17.97 ct · Myanmar · None

Phillips · The Geneva Jewels Auction: THREE · Nov 11, 2024phillips.com

The total the lot achieved, including the buyer’s premium as the house published it. Highest in this ledger, not a claim about every sale ever held.

Highest per carat · ruby, CHF

CHF 265,943.24

An exceptional ruby and diamond ring

17.97 ct · Myanmar · None

Phillips · The Geneva Jewels Auction: THREE · Nov 11, 2024phillips.com

Derived from a realised price and a recorded weight. This is the figure the trade compares across sizes, and it is often a different lot from the one beside it.

Where the ruby came from

Trade read

Per-carat benchmarks for ruby

No band yet holds the 3 comparable lots in one currency that a range needs. Thin bands are suppressed rather than smoothed.

The ledger

Every ruby lot recorded

Realised and per carat are two columns of the same table, set at the same size. Order it by whichever you came for. Unsold lots stay in place with their estimates, because what did not sell is a price signal too.

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Auction results recorded for ruby, with realised price, price per carat and source for each lot.
SaleLotRealisedPer carat
Lot 614Sotheby's
An important ruby and diamond ring, Van Cleef & Arpels
6.51 ct · Myanmar · Oiled · Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEFsothebys.com		CHF 691,200Estimate CHF 300,000 – CHF 500,000CHF 106,175.12
Lot 624Sotheby's
An elegant pair of ruby and diamond pendent earclips, Lacloche Freres
sothebys.com		CHF 185,600Estimate CHF 40,000 – CHF 80,000—
Lot 625Sotheby's
A superb and rare ruby and diamond Cravate necklace, Lacloche Freres
sothebys.com		CHF 627,200Estimate CHF 160,000 – CHF 280,000—
UnnumberedChristie's
Van Cleef & Arpels ruby and diamond Mystery-set broochMystery-set record, 2025
press.christies.com		USD 1,562,500—
Lot 411Phillips
An exceptional ruby and diamond ring
17.97 ct · Myanmar · None · Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEFphillips.com		CHF 4,779,000Estimate CHF 4,100,000 – CHF 4,800,000CHF 265,943.24
Lot 59Sotheby's
Estrela de Fura, a ruby ringColoured stone record, 2023
55.22 ct · Mozambique · None · Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEFsothebys.com		USD 34,804,500USD 630,287.94
Lot 1779Sotheby's
An important and spectacular ruby and diamond ring
24.70 ct · Myanmar · None · Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEFsothebys.com		UnsoldEstimate HKD 82,000,000 – HKD 92,000,000—
Lot 255Christie's
The Jubilee Ruby, a sensational ruby ring, by VerduraUS record, coloured stone, 2016
15.99 ct · Myanmar · None · American Gemological Laboratories, LLCchristies.com		USD 14,165,000Estimate USD 12,000,000 – USD 15,000,000USD 885,866.17
Lot 502Sotheby's
The Sunrise Ruby, a ruby and diamond ring, CartierRuby record, 2015
25.59 ct · Myanmar · None · Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEFsothebys.com		UnsoldEstimate CHF 11,700,000 – CHF 17,500,000—
Lot 470Sotheby's
The Graff Ruby, an exceptionally important ruby and diamond ring, GraffRuby record, 2014
8.62 ct · Myanmar · None · Gubelin Gem Labsothebys.com		UnsoldEstimate CHF 6,500,000 – CHF 8,560,000—

Sources

Every catalogue entry behind the figures on this page, with the date each was read. Where a house has since amended its published result, that date tells you which version this record reflects.