The spectacular 25-piece assortment was created using the Lesotho Legend, a 910-carat rough diamond from the Letseng mine in southern Africa
The sale, which benefited the Virgil Abloh ‘Post-Modern’ Scholarship Fund, marks the most profitable charity auction at Sotheby's in over a decade
Part of the museum’s 150th anniversary programming, the carefully and creatively composed show provides a dash of hope and centuries’ worth of head-turning ensembles