#Rare diamond, blasted from outer space, could fetch .8M

#Rare diamond, blasted from outer space, could fetch $6.8M

“#Rare diamond, blasted from outer space, could fetch $6.8M” An out-of-this-world — literally — black diamond will go to the highest bidder at Sotheby’s next month. The record-breaking, 555.55-carat gemstone, dubbed “The Enigma,” was ranked among the largest and toughest diamonds in the world, and it’s thought to have dropped here millions of years ago…

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#Secret image found inside M Botticelli painting

#Secret image found inside $40M Botticelli painting

“#Secret image found inside $40M Botticelli painting” A hidden painting has been discovered within another.  Legendary Italian artist Sandro Botticelli’s work “Man of Sorrows,” dated to approximately 1500, has been hidden from the public eye for hundreds of years — apparently with a secret of its own. The painting has been in private hands since…

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#Sotheby’s will take cryptocurrency for 100-carat diamond

#Sotheby’s will take cryptocurrency for 100-carat diamond

“#Sotheby’s will take cryptocurrency for 100-carat diamond” A rare pear-shaped diamond that is expected to fetch up to $15 million can be bought at auction next month using cryptocurrencies, Sotheby’s announced on Monday. Sotheby’s said it would be first time a diamond of such size has been offered for public purchase with cryptocurrency. No other…

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