Lot 1238. Suite of Fifteen Hot Pink Rubellite Tourmalines. Total weight approximately 74.71 carats. Sold for US$ 21,250 (€18,978). Photo: Bonhams. 

Vivid fuchsia pink in color, the present suite has fine transparency and luster and is well matched for color. Such sets are typically cut from the same rough or are built over the years by high-grading stones and, on occasion, even re-cutting stones to match each other in size and graduation. The present suite graduates in size with the individual weights approximately as follows: 9.04, 5.67, 5.50, 5.04, 5.0, 4.88, 4.82, 4.65, 4.58, 4.51, 4.47, 4.44, 4.35, 4.02, 3.96 carats. Total weight approximately 74.71 carats. (15)

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