sotheby's gave a preview of it. the auction house called it the enigma.eve it came from outer space. it's expected to fetch at least $6.8 million. tom, all i have to say is diamonds are a girl's best friend. >> all right. diane, you have to find somebody to buy that diamond for you. >> i know. i got to work on that. >> what do you do with it? >> keep it. i don't know. mybe i'll sell it again at some point in the future. aain, like i own it already. i'm manifesting as they say. >> $6.8 million is a lot. this diamond is referred to as a car carbonado diamond, which makes me think of carbonara, making me hungry. maybe we'll find out who the buyer is. maybe not, though. >> maybe. >> we'll be watching closely. diane, thank you. >> next, celebrating betty white. how some remembered the late actress and animal activist. ac. pain hits fast. so get relief fast. only tylenol rapid release gels have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast for fast pain relief. and now get relief without a pill with tylenol dissolve packs. relief without the water. ♪♪ ♪♪ one

sotheby's featured an nft exhibit last year and sold this piece for the equivalent of $11.8 million. christie's executed one of the largest nft sales in history, auction iing "everyday for the equivalent of $69.3 million. >> one of my colleagues said, i have a line on a really great nft, would you like to hear more? and i said, sure. fast forward two or three weeks later, we were looking at literally the work that we ended up selling for $69 million. so it was crazy. >> reporter: noah davis is a specialist at christie's in the contemporary art department who's responsible for the sale. the buyer paid in cryptocurrency. do you wash out of that right away? >> right now we're holding some ether. i don't know how much. i think it's significant. we were talking about what we should do with it. my opinion is hold on to it. >> that does seem a little risky for christie's. if cryptos go down, that deflates values pretty quickly. are you worried about that? >> of course. i'm worried about very many things. but what i'm not worried about is human ingenuity. >> reporter: today there's an outpou

of the so called remo clan, a family of arab origin, notorious for its ties to organized crime. sotheby's little prosecutors charged 6 men aged between 22 and 28 years with aggravated gang robbery and arson. but in type as own the arrested persons are all men, which is all german nationals who come from the so called clan menu. none of the missing treasures has ever been recovered. experts fear they have been broken up, melted down and sold, and may never be seen again. shed reminder the top story we're following for you today. the united states is asking the un security council to convene on monday to discuss rushes, military build up along the ukrainian border. recent weeks, russia has mass, some 100000 troops near its border with ukraine. up next to the point to our talk program also on ukraine. i'm terry martin, thanks for watching. with who to the point. strong opinions, clear positions, international perspectives. the dire warnings mountain russian forces dig in on ukraine's border and diplomatic todd stall calls for germany to play a more active role are also growing louder. is it

land and australia have sent air force surveillance, lunch to toner, to survey damage caused by sotheby's volcanic eruptions. unami, they report suggest the happy no mass casualties, but infrastructure is damaged in communications limited. china's economy grew faster than expected last year it expanded 8 point one percent slightly ahead of forecasts. but omicron outbreaks and a property slump of slowed growth. in the last 3 months, i brit clements has more now from hong kong. china had a great, a very strong start to 2021, but it started to lose stain in the 2nd half. and there are a number of factors that contributed to that, including regulatory clamp downs that we saw impacting a number of sect is the education sector. we saw it impact technology. and of course property with the crisis hits ever ground as well. now what we did see is a statement released by the statistics bureau that said, we must be aware that the external environment is more complicated and uncertain. and now what they're alluding to, of course, is the uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and what may lie ahead and h

and finally, the largest diamond to ever be put up for auction will be on sale at sotheby's in dubai. next month, the mammoth diamond has been nicknamed the enigma, and it comes in at a whopping $555.00 carrots. and if that's not enough of the number 5, it also has 55 basses. the enigma made a name for itself in the guinness book of world records back in 2006 when it was declared, the largest cut diamond in the world. now in addition to being an incredibly rare block to i'm and it is also spark theories that it may have originated from outer space given it's carbon isotope and high hydrogen content. be out of this world diamond is expected to fetch at least $6800000.00. and if you just happen to have that kind of money to spend, your options for payment also include bitcoin a theorem and u. s. d c. all of which. so the reset, it will accept at next month. auction certainly be interesting to see what they get from that. i mean that it sounds like a mouse and i'm only $7000000.00 for something that possibly came from space. that's ridiculous to me, and that's it for this time you can ca

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. >> phillip white with sotheby's national realty. >>> still ahead, tech going higher what's drivingt. show and tell, show you the chart and tell you the story delta shares climbing today after beating revenues reaffirming guidance carrier expecting a strong spring and summer. ceo addressing outlook for business travel on "squawk box" earlier today. >> talking to our big corporate accounts as well as others in the field, we've looked at this inside of a 60 to 90 day pause, let's call it. business travel probably takes longer to recover than consumer travel international might be a touch longer than atbuth, t not too, too far out. i think spring for international quite well particularly across work we all hate. ♪ ♪ ♪ automation can solve that by taking on repetitive tasks for us. worker's comp can crush a small business. every year it would jump 5, 10, 15, 20 percent - even though there was never any claims. and that's where i was struggling as a growing business. i'm very happy that i moved over to pie for my worker's comp. from start to finish, it was extremely easy. they quickly ca

. >> a mysterious black diamond weighing more than 555 carats is going up for auction at sotheby's thisa. the origin of the diamond has puzzled scientists. some believe it could have come from outer space. others say deep in the earth. this kind of black diamond called a carbonado can be about 3 billion years old. they've mainly been found in brazil and the central african republic. >> carbonaro diamonds are quite rare to begin with. they are shrouded in mystery as the origin of formation because there's not that many of them found on earth. this is a particularly great example, a beautiful example of one of these types of diamonds. >> now, the diamond's current owner has had it for two decades, but its history before that is unclear. the beginning -- the bidding begins on thursday. so you've still got some time. it's expected to sell for as much as $7 million. thanks for spending part of your day with me. i'm michael holmes. you can follow me on twitter and instagram @holmescnn. do stick around. another valuable diamond, rosemary church picks up our coverage in just a moment. okay ever

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>>> now a mysterious black diamond weighing more than five 55 carats is going up for auction at sotheby'sek. nicknamed the enigma, the origin of the diamond has puzzled scientists. some believe it could have. could from outer space. others say it's from deep in the earth. this kind of black diamond, called a carbonato can be about 3 billion years old. they've mainly been found in brazil and the central african republic. >> carbonato diamonds are quite rare to begin with. they're shrouded in mystery because there are not that many of them found on earth. this is a particularly great example, a beautiful example of one of these types of diamonds. >> the diamond's current owner has had it for two decades, but its history before that is unclear. the bidding begins on thursday. it's expected to sell for as much as $7 million. thanks for watching "cnn newsroom." i'm michael holmes. for our international viewer, "world sport" is up next. for everyone else, the news continues after a quick break. my skin but better. everyone wants it... ...this does it! new true match nude tinted serum. 1% hyalur

sophie --sotheby is selling the meta-home.ir real estate, a general contractor and mft collector. a real-world home in a virtual counterpart in the meta-verse. the buyer, the nft, require the ownership rights of a physical home which by the way is set to be completed in miami in the fourth quarter this year, 11,000 square feet, 7 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, transaction done on the ethereum block chain. the virtual home in the meta-verse will live in what is called the sandbox meta-verse, community driven platform where creators can monetize assets on the block chain. my head is hurting. i think i get it. stuart: i think i get it too. the meta-verse and the real world covenant each other. i think i got it. you are all right, thanks. francis suarez is the mayor of miami, just elected president of the us conference of mayors. congratulations, that is good stuff. >> wonderful to be with you. stuart: you want other cities to sign onto a crypto compact i believe but let me point something out that i read on bloomberg. your boldest propos

sotheby's is set to auction off a black diamond. it is dubbed the enigma.he black part of the meteor which comes from the asteroid. the 1 billion year old diamond, 1 billion year old, is expected to sell next month for at least $6.8 million. i could buy a lot of shares of goldman sachs if i had that diamond in my pocket. i'm watching for goldman sachs earnings right now. transition. maria: we will get back to you when those numbers come out on goldman sachs. thank sow much, cheryl. meanwhile, the owner of the golden state warriors walking back his comments now that he said last week that no one cares about genocide happening to the uyghurs, muslims in china. watch this. >> nobody cares about what's happening to the uyghurs, okay? you bring it up because you really care. >> what? what do you mean nobody cares? >> the rest of us don't care. >> you really don't care? you're saying you personally don't care. >> i'm telling you a very hard, ugly truth. of all the things that i care about, yes, it is below my line. maria: below his line, huh? joining me now is re