Pink Legacy

The Pink Legacy is a pink diamond that was purchased by Harry Winston, Inc. in 2018. It was renamed Winston Pink Legacy by CEO Nayla Hayek. The diamond was sold at a Christie's auction for 50.375 million Swiss francs ($50m),^[2] and at $2.6 million per carat it set a world record at the time of its sale for a pink diamond.^[3][4]

Pink Legacy

Type of stone	diamond
Weight	18.96 carats (3.792 g)
Dimensions	17.64 mm × 14.47 mm × 8.64 mm[1]
Color	Fancy Vivid Pink, VS1 clarity
Cut	cut-cornered rectangular
Country of origin	South Africa
Discovered	c. 1918
Estimated value	50.375 million Swiss francs

Pink Legacy was mined in South Africa around 1918^[2] and was once owned by the Oppenheimer family, who ran De Beers. It has a cut-cornered rectangular cut, and has likely not been altered since it was first cut in 1920.^[2] It is mounted in a platinum ring.^[5]

See also

• Darya-ye Noor
• Graff Pink
• List of diamonds
• Pink Star (diamond)