Sotheby's is set to offer the largest-ever blue diamond to go up for auction at a sale in Hong Kong in April
The diamond is the"largest internally flawless step cut vivid blue diamond" ever graded by the Gemological Institute of America.
The auction house on Wednesday said it expected the 15.10-carat De Beers Cullinan Blue diamond to sell for more than $48 million.
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