The Christie's New York Jewels auction generated sales worth $11,367,875. Reports say, that the sale was 91 percent sold by lot and 86 percent sold by value. An anonymous bidder bought the top lot - a 6.29-carat, pear-shaped internally flawless, fancy intense blue diamond, for $3,554,500. The piece was carrying a presale estimate of $3.3 million to $5.5 million.

A 46.72-carat, modified rectangular-cut, SI1, fancy yellow diamond featured amongst the top 10 lots, and sold for $602,500, within its presale estimate of $500,000 to $700,000. Another amongst the top 10 lots was a 10.01-carat, pear-shaped F diamond, which topped the Christie's presale estimate of $200,000 to $300,000. It was bought by a private buyer from the U.S. for $458,500.

The sale took place on June 11, 2009, and indicated that the markets are looking up.