The rare stoned nicknamed “Golden Eye” because of its vast size and color is being auctioned off. Experts believe that the stone could be auctioned off at up to 20 million dollars! The minimum bid, as released by the Marshalls office is going to start at just shy of 1 million dollars at 900k. The bidding is going to take place on September 6th and conclude on two days later on the 8th. There will be a mandatory 120K down deposit required to be considered a serious buyer.
The 43 ct. flawless fancy intense yellow stone is a modified rectangular brilliant cut is being sold online at bid4assests.com. The stone use to belong to Ohio Native Paul Monea who had been convicted of laundering money made from drug trafficking.The diamond was seized in 2006 as part of a drug sting.
The proceeds of the sale will go to the victims of the case, to the litigators and of course to the agencies that conducted the investigations. GIA has authenticated the diamond to be real, they came to the conclusion in the June 8th report which is numbered 15154097.
If you are interested in seeing the diamond it will be held on display from August 29th to September 2nd in Cleveland, Ohio. But you in order to see you will have had to made a security deposit and be considered a qualified buyer (too bad!)
It isn’t often we get to see diamonds like this and it is even less often that they go on sale. Often they are purchased and put into a collected never to be seen again.