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Sun Drop diamond sells for record amount at Swiss auction

A huge yellow diamond, the Sun Drop, has sold for SFr11.28 million at auction in Geneva, a world record for a gem of this kind. It’s the world's largest pear-shaped fancy vivid yellow diamond, weighing 110 carats. It was the top lot at Sotheby's semi-annual jewellery sale. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

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Cracking the Chinese luxury goods market

This content was published on Thirty-nine-year-old billionaire Philippe Gaydoul tells swissinfo.ch why he wants to expand by trying to sell his Navyboot, Fogal and other brands in China. In 2000, Gaydoul took over at the helm of Denner, the discount retailer founded by his grandfather, Karl Schweri. In 2007, Gaydoul sold Denner to Switzerland’s largest retailer, Migros, for an undisclosed…

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“Yeti skin” sells at Geneva auction

This content was published on The hide was the main attraction on Wednesday at the Hotel des Ventes auction house, selling for SFr18,200 ($21,600). It was originally collected by mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary during his famous Yeti hunt to the Himalayas in 1960. “It’s such a curious object and fairly unique so it merited the price,” art expert Christina Robinson…

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