Watch | Blue diamond breaks Asia record in auction, sells for over 200 crores

The largest oval fancy vivid blue diamond ever to appear at an auction smashed Asia's jewellery auction record in Hong Kong. It sold for $31 million (INR 206.4crores). The internally flawless blue diamond, weighing at 10.10 carats, was sold to an anonymous phone bidder at after a couple minutes of bidding. The world auction record for any diamond or gemstone was set in 2015 when a 12.03-carat cushion-shaped blue diamond was sold in Geneva for $48.5 million.