It sold for $6,663,300, or $1,920,259 per carat, much to the satisfaction of the family that sold it and those in the audience who understood the tale, establishing an auction record price per carat for a fancy vivid blue diamond and making it the top lot of the day. It also made an impression on people who didn't know any better than to take everything their eyes fell upon at an auction seriously, including members of the media. In fact, the diamond had a profound effect on the market for such stones. A few months later, another fancy vivid blue diamond was unearthed in South Africa; this one cut into 59 pieces but weighing only 595 carats. The Blue Streak sold for $10 million - $1.9 million per carat. That same year, another huge fancy vivid blue diamond was found in India. It too was cut into pieces and weighed about 600 carats. The De Beers Auction House paid $15.5 million for that stone, which averaged out to just under $2 million per carat. Since then, other large fancy vivid blue diamonds have been found and sold. In 2004, a rough 1.11-carat stone went for $500,000. In 2005, a finished diamond weighing 0.22 carats was sold for $120,000. In 2006, a second diamond with a 0.19-carat face value went for $80,000.