Pink Legacy
{{short description|Pink diamond}}
{{Infobox gem
| name = Pink Legacy
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| type_of_stone = diamond
| weight = {{convert|18.96|carat|g}}
| dimensions = {{val|17.64|x|14.47|x|8.64|u=mm}}{{cite web |title=GIA - Report 2191528443|url=https://www.gia.edu/report-check?reportno=2191528443&s=1542174916963 |website=www.gia.edu |publisher=Gemological Institute of America Inc. |accessdate=14 November 2018 |language=en}}
| color = Fancy Vivid Pink, VS1 clarity
| type = Type IIa
| cut = cut-cornered rectangular
| facets =
| country = South Africa
| mine =
| found = {{Circa|1918}}
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| value = 50.375 million Swiss francs
}}
The Pink Legacy is a pink diamond that was purchased by Harry Winston, Inc. in 2018. It was renamed Winston Pink Legacy by CEO Nayla Hayek. The diamond was sold at a Christie's auction for 50.375 million Swiss francs ($50m),{{cite news |title=Pink diamond fetches world record price |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46203283 |accessdate=14 November 2018 |work=BBC News |date=13 November 2018}} and at $2.6 million per carat it set a world record at the time of its sale for a pink diamond.{{cite news |last1=Nebehay |first1=Stephanie |title=Harry Winston jeweler buys 'Pink Legacy' diamond for record $50... |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-art-auction-diamond/harry-winston-jeweler-buys-pink-legacy-diamond-for-record-50-million-christies-idUSKCN1NI2SS?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt |accessdate=14 November 2018 |work=Reuters |date=13 Nov 2018}}{{cite web |title='As good as it gets' — The Pink Legacy diamond |url=https://www.christies.com/features/The-Pink-Legacy-diamond-9398-3.aspx |website=www.christies.com |publisher=Christie's |accessdate=14 November 2018 |language=en |date=13 Nov 2018}}
Pink Legacy was mined in South Africa around 1918{{r|BBC}} and was once owned by the Oppenheimer family, who ran De Beers. It has a cut-cornered rectangular cut, and has likely not been altered since it was first cut in 1920.{{r|BBC}} It is mounted in a platinum ring.{{cite web |title=THE PINK LEGACYA SENSATIONAL COLOURED DIAMOND RING |url=https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/jewelry/the-pink-legacy-a-sensational-coloured-6164899-details.aspx |website=www.christies.com |accessdate=14 November 2018 |language=en}}