苏富比香港拍卖一稀世蓝钻 成交价逾2千万英镑

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

一枚差点在2000年千年穹顶珠宝盗窃案中被盗的罕见蓝钻，近日以2千万英镑的价格拍卖成功。

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.

这枚名为De Beers Millennium Jewel 4的鲜彩蓝钻重达10.10克拉，在香港苏富比上被拍卖，打破了亚洲最昂贵珠宝的拍卖记录。它以2亿4829万港币（2千万英镑）被出售，达到了预计销售价格的底线，预计的最高价格为3100万英镑。

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.

这枚蓝钻比杏仁稍大，被苏富比方面称为拍卖会上最大的“无暇”椭圆蓝钻。它最终被一位匿名的电话买家拍走。

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.'

苏富比国际珠宝部全球主席大卫·贝内特说：“这是一次成功的拍卖。这是珠宝在亚洲拍出的最高记录，我想这也说明了亚洲市场的良好前景……我认为这个市场非常活跃、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，在伦敦西南部格格林威治的千年穹顶钻石展览上曾发生了一起盗窃未遂案。一伙歹徒计划窃取展览上的De Beers Millenium Jewel钻石以及当时其他的展览珠宝。