News24.com | WATCH | Sotheby's sells Mozambican ruby for record R650m

A ruby was sold at Sotheby's in New York on Thursday for $34.8 million (R646 million), setting a new record price at auction for the precious stone. It was cut from a 101 carat rough stone discovered in July last year at the Montepeuz ruby mine in Mozambique.

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