Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction likely to offer multi gems gaming chips

White gold, gems, and a calibrated circular slice from the Muonionalusta meteorite are used in creating the set
Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction likely to offer multi gems gaming chips

Swedish artist and jeweller Kristian Ståhl’s creation - a set of multi gems gaming chips is likely to be one of the lots to highlight Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction on November 29 in Hong Kong. This set is special, and unique, as each chip in the set is created from a calibrated circular slice from the Muonionalusta meteorite which fell to Earth almost one million years ago. The outer frames of the 120 chips made of 18K white gold and set with 5,160 calibrated top-quality gems, including diamonds, rubies and sapphires.

Stahl, was inspired to create the gem-set gaming chips after having crafted a set of dice made from Siberian mammoth ivory, which were successfully auctioned at Sotheby's Hermitage Gala Dinner in London in 2010. "The creation of the gaming set has been a long process," Ståhl recalled. "However, it was only when I encountered a piece of meteorite from a remote part of northern Sweden called Muonionalusta, that I hit upon the idea of how to make each of the chips truly unique, by integrating in each chip a circular slice of etched meteorite," he said.

"The meteorite crashed into a remote part of northern Sweden, called Muonionalusta, almost one million years ago," Ståhl noted. It's made of iron and nickel, along with some other exotic metals and rare earth minerals. All together these are the main ingredients needed to produce man-made steel - or 'Ståhl' in Swedish. "The appeal and the challenge were too exciting to pass up," he said.

"Hong Kong is the right location to auction this unique set," Ståhl said. "There's a collector out there who is going to buy this set, knowing that this piece is a sure bet and not a gamble."

Stahl, who gained recognition in the global luxury industry in 2004 with The Tailormade Audi project, is popular for his 'out of the box' luxury projects.


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