NEW YORK CITY — Capsule Auctions conducted its Luxury and Great Estates auction on Saturday, December 16. The shining star of the 189-lot sale, which featured furniture, fine jewelry and various fashion items, was a platinum diamond engagement ring with a 2.08-carat circular brilliant diamond center stone, SI1-SI2 clarity, and 0.13 carat total weight of single cut diamond accents. The ring, which came from a private Upper East Side collection, sold via online bid for $5,530, including buyer’s premium, to a private collector in the New York tri-state area who also purchased several other jewelry lots. A more extensive sale recap will appear in a future issue.