Spinel auction records
Recorded results for spinel at auction: 4. 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.
- Lots
- 4
- Unsold
- 0
- Origins
- 3
- Last read
- Aug 22, 2026
USD 3,014,500
Mughal three-strand spinel and natural pearl necklace
Christie's · Magnificent Jewels · Jun 17, 2025press.christies.comThe 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.
USD 24,772.84
An exceptional classic red spinel
20.36 ct · Myanmar · None
Bonhams · Fine Gems, Opals and Lapidary Arts including Property of a Midwest Collector · May 02, 2023bonhams.comDerived 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 spinel came from
- Origin not stated2 recorded
- Myanmar1 recorded
- Tanzania1 recorded
Per-carat benchmarks for spinel
No band yet holds the 3 comparable lots in one currency that a range needs. Thin bands are suppressed rather than smoothed.
Every spinel 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.
| Sale | Lot | Realised | Per carat |
|---|---|---|---|
| UnnumberedChristie's | Mughal three-strand spinel and natural pearl necklace press.christies.com | USD 3,014,500 | — |
| Lot 81Bonhams | An exceptional classic red spinel 20.36 ct · Myanmar · None · American Gemological Laboratories, LLCbonhams.com | USD 504,375 | USD 24,772.84 |
| Lot 1086Bonhams | A magnificent Tanzanian spinel 24.21 ct · Tanzania · None · GRS GemResearch Swisslab AGbonhams.com | USD 453,975 | USD 18,751.55 |
| Lot 146Bonhams | The Hope Spinel, an exceptional 19th century spinel and diamond jewelSpinel record, 2015 50.13 ct · None · Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEFbonhams.com | GBP 962,500Estimate GBP 150,000 – GBP 200,000 | GBP 19,200.08 |
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.
- Magnificent JewelsChristie'spress.christies.com
- Fine Gems, Opals and Lapidary Arts including Property of a Midwest CollectorBonhamsbonhams.com
- Fine Gems, Lapidary Arts and Natural HistoryBonhamsbonhams.com
- Fine JewelleryBonhamsbonhams.com