Umbono we-1,109-carat iLesedi la Rona, eyona dayimani inkulu ekumgangatho ophezulu efumaneka kwityala elingaphezulu kwenkulungwane, kunye nedayimani enkulu erhabaxa ekhoyo namhlanje, eSothebys, eNew York.UDonald Bowers / imifanekiso kaFetty ngeSotheby Xa ihamile yawa eSotheby's eLondon nge-29 kaJuni ngo-2016, emva kokubhida umboniso wokumisa idayimani eyi-1,109-carat esikiweyo ebizwa ngokuba yiLesedi la Rona yafikelela kwi-61 yezigidi zeedola kodwa yasilela ukugqitha i-70 yezigidi zeedola zendlu, ilitye elimangalisayo lalingenawo umthengi. Umsitho wahluthwa ngamajelo eendaba, kwaye idayimane yabekwa kwindawo yokubonisa abantu (uninzi lwabathengi) ukuba bamangaliswe. Kodwa ekugqibeleni, ukubheja okukhulu kukaSotheby ukuba imarike evulekileyo iyakwamkela ukuthengiswa kwamatye amakhulu-njengokuba ayenee-asethi ezininzi zobunewunewu- Khange aphume .
Namhlanje, iLesedi la Rona kusafuneka ifumane ikhaya lalo ngonaphakade, kwaye uSotheby's, kunye nabangaphakathi kwishishini legem, bafumanise ukuba ukuthenga nokuthengisa iidayimani ezinkulu zehlabathi kuhlala kungumdlalo wangaphakathi, Ngokwengxelo yentengiso ekhulayo evela kwi Amaxesha ezeMali .
Andiqondi ukuba bazakuba nengxaki yokuyithengisa ngexabiso elifanelekileyo, abanye abathengi bethu bangathanda ukuyithenga, intengiso yeqela leGem Diamonds kunye nolawulo oluphezulu kwezentengiso uBrandon de Bruin uxelele i-FT. Ugcino kwifandesi lwaluphezulu, yiyo loo nto ingakhange igqithe. Zange khe sibe nengxaki [ukuthengisa idayimani enkulu] -ikhudlwana, ngcono. Xa sifumana idayimane ngaphezulu kwe-200ct, umnxeba wam uqala ukukhala kwangoko.
Kwimarike yabathengi, amaxabiso edayimane ahluka kakhulu. Ixabiso ngekarati nganye inyuka ngokusekwe kubungakanani kunye nokunqaba kwelitye. Thatha umzekelo i-70,000 yeedola kwi-carat ephumeleleyo kwidayimani emhlophe erhawulwe yinkampani yezemigodi iGem Diamonds xa kuthelekiswa ne- $ 1,745 emalunga nelitye elimhlophe eliphekiweyo kwinqanaba labathengi, ngokwamanani avela kwi-FT.
Ngelixa iLesedi la Rona ililitye elikhethekileyo nelinqwenelekayo — ekuphela kwedayimane esikiweyo erhabaxa ethelekiswa ne-3,106-carat yaseCullinan Diamond eyavunjululwa ngo-1905 — imarike yeedayimani ezinkulu iseyinto entsha kwaye iyazifezekisa iikhinki zayo.
Ndisakhumbula ngokucacileyo ndizisa idayimane yokuqala esisikiweyo ngaphezulu kwe-100ct kwifandesi-eyayibuyele emva ngo-1990 kwaye yayingavakali ngezo ntsuku, utshilo usihlalo weSotheby wezacholo. Ukusukela ngoko, ndithengise iidayimani ezisixhenxe ngaphezulu kwe-100ct….
Omnye wabathengi abathengisa iidayimani ezinkulu ibingumthengisi wezacholo u-Laurence Graff, oye waqokelela i-carat eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka IWittelsbach-Graff ngo-2008 kunye ne-24.68-carat Graff Pink ngo-2010, ebeka irekhodi elitsha ledayimane elinexabiso eliphezulu elakhe lathengiswa kwifandesi.
Abathengi abanjengoGraff kunye nejewellery eziphezulu ezinje ngeDe Beers banokulunga ngakumbi kunomlingisi weedayimani ophakathi, nokuba kungenxa yokuba bagcina iingcali ezindlini ekusikeni nasekupoliseni (ukusika ilitye elifana neLesedi la Rona kungathatha iminyaka yophando kwezinye iimeko ) okanye bajonge eyabo imigodi. Ngokuqhelekileyo, amatye aya kuthengiswa ngokuthe ngqo yimigodi kwiqela labathengi abakhethiweyo abanezixhobo ezifanelekileyo.
Isangqa esivaliweyo, uCaroline Scheufele, umongameli-co wenkampani yobucwebe uChopard, utshilo kwi-FT. Sifuna ubungcali. Ndiyingcali kwiidayimane ezisikiweyo kodwa hayi iidayimani ezimbi. Lishishini elahlukileyo kwaphela. Iidayimani ezimbi azithengwa ngabantu babucala. Lishishini eliyimfihlo kakhulu, linenkampani ezimbalwa kakhulu ezinkulu, ezinye ebezikwishishini ledayimani ngaphezulu kweminyaka eli-100.
I-Lucara Diamond, inkampani eyazama ukuthengisa iLesedi la Rona eSotheby’s kunyaka ophelileyo, ijongene nomgodi waseLetseng eLesotho, apho ifumene idayimani ezininzi ezinkulu ngaphambili, ezifana neQueen yaseKalahari engama-342. (Elo litye lathengwa nguChopard, lisikwa ngamatye amancinci angama-23 laza lacwangciswa laziingceba ezintandathu). Kodwa ngexa intengiso ibone ukwanda kwamatye amakhulu athengiswayo, ukutsala iidayimani ezinkulu eMhlabeni kusekunqabile kwaye kunzima. Esinye sezizathu zoluhlu lwempumelelo lwamva nje lukaLucara lilele kukusetyenziswa kobuchwephesha obuphambili, njengoomatshini bokuhambisa iX-ray abakwaziyo ukufumana amatye angcwatyelweyo anokwaphuka ngenye indlela ngexesha lenkqubo yokukhupha.
Ukuthabatha abathandi bamatye amakhulu: kusenokwenzeka ukuba zininzi iidayimani ezinkulu ezingena kwintengiso kwikamva, ungalindeli ukuzibona kwifandesi. UBennet uthi uSotheby okwangoku akanazicwangciso zangoku zokubonelela ngeedayimani ezirhabaxa kwifandesi.
