There were the more traditional paintings with flawless colors that stopped us all in our tracks.
Virtually all of the whole slide images were felt to be either "excellent" ("Flawless – superb color and sharpness/focus") or "diagnostic" ("Minimal distortion – quality is high enough to render a diagnosis").
* A 75.97-carat pear-shaped D color, flawless diamond that sold for more than $14.4 million.
* "The Art of de Grisogono, Creation 1," an emerald and diamond necklace set with a 163.41-carat, rectangular-cut, D color, flawless diamond that sold for more than $33.7 million at Christie's Geneva in November.
However, the bigger story was that two colorless diamonds of more than 50 carats each; and possessing D Color, Flawless and Type IIa characteristics making each of them the second largest of their kind ever to come to auction—surpassed the sale of the blue diamond, even with its exceptional royal provenance.
In 2006, the site set an online diamond purchase record with the sale of a $1.5 million 10-carat diamond of "flawless" grade and "D" color (the highest color and clarity available).
To find out what other tools Instagram bakers use to achieve flawless edges, vibrant colors and eye-catching designs, we sat down with Alana Jones-Mann, a designer and baker based in Los Angeles, Lauren Ko, a Seattle-based self-taught pie baker who makes "modern geometric pie art," and Tampa-based vegan baker Dawn Konofaos.
Christie's is selling what it says is the largest D-color flawless diamond to ever come to auction, a 163.41-carat emerald-cut gem owned by the Geneva-based luxury jeweler, De Grisogono.
Generally, only the exceptional antiques move -- those blessed with impeccable provenance, splendid color and flawless carving.
Ms. Abbott is a participant in the show as well as its curator, offering "Kaaterskill Falls" (2004), a meticulously executed oil on board painting that boasts crisp color and flawless atmosphere.
