Also commanding a powerful price was a 10-carat, D color, internally flawless pear-shaped diamond flanked on either side by a pear-shaped diamond, each weighing approximately 1.02 carats.

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Leading the sale is a pair of unmounted round brilliant-cut D flawless diamonds, weighing 35.77 and 35.61 carats each.

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Leading the way was a pear-shaped D color flawless diamond of 50.52 cts.

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The pear-shaped diamond is graded as D color, internally flawless clarity and the two side diamonds are graded as D color and internally flawless.

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You've got your pitch to make and, notwithstanding comments made by the client suggesting they'd like to move in a different direction creatively, you soldier on and deliver that flawless, pre-planned pitch.

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