蘇富比香港拍賣一稀世藍鑽 成交價逾2千萬英鎊

A rare blue diamond which was almost stolen in the thwarted Millennium Dome jewels heist in 2000 has sold for a record 20million pounds.

一枚差點在2000年千年穹頂珠寶盜竊案中被盜的罕見藍鑽，近日以2千萬英鎊的價格拍賣成功。

The De Beers Millennium Jewel 4, a 10.10 carat vivid blue diamond, broke the record for the most expensive piece of jewellery to be sold at auction in Asia yesterday at Sotheby's in Hong Kong. It ended up being sold for HK$248.29 million (20 million pounds), which was at the lower end of estimates which had predicted it would fetch up to 31 million pounds.

這枚名爲De Beers Millennium Jewel 4的鮮彩藍鑽重達10.10克拉，在香港蘇富比上被拍賣，打破了亞洲最昂貴珠寶的拍賣記錄。它以2億4829萬港幣（2千萬英鎊）被出售，達到了預計銷售價格的底線，預計的最高價格爲3100萬英鎊。

Slightly larger than an almond, it is described by Sotheby's as the largest oval blue diamond ever to appear at auction and 'internally flawless'. It was sold to an anonymous phone bidder.

這枚藍鑽比杏仁稍大，被蘇富比方面稱爲拍賣會上最大的“無暇”橢圓藍鑽。它最終被一位匿名的電話買家拍走。

It was a very successful sale,' Sotheby's international jewellery division worldwide chairman David Bennett said. 'The fact that it's a record price for jewellery in Asia I think speaks well about the Asian market... I think it's alive and well and very healthy.'

蘇富比國際珠寶部全球主席大衛·貝內特說：“這是一次成功的拍賣。這是珠寶在亞洲拍出的最高記錄，我想這也說明了亞洲市場的良好前景……我認爲這個市場非常活躍、良好而且很健康，”

The Millennium Dome raid was an attempted robbery of the Millennium Dome's diamond exhibition in Greenwich, South East London on November 7, 2000. A gang planned to ram-raid the De Beers diamond exhibition where the De Beers Millenium Jewel and others were being held at the time.

值得一提的是，2000年11月7日，在倫敦西南部格格林威治的千年穹頂鑽石展覽上曾發生了一起盜竊未遂案。一夥歹徒計劃竊取展覽上的De Beers Millenium Jewel鑽石以及當時其他的展覽珠寶。