Evelyn Lauder was known for her passion for finding a cure for breast cancer, as well as for her great style and exquisite taste.

Last week at Sotheby’s, one of Mrs. Lauder’s prized possessions, an Oscar Heyman Magnificent Platinum, Fancy Intense Pink Diamond and Diamond Ring sold for $8.6 million, the top lot in a sale of Jewelry from the Collection of Evelyn H. Lauder that raised $22.2 million for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

With fierce bidding in the saleroom from at least six eager collectors vying for the ring, it finally sold for nearly double its high estimate of $5 million to Laurence Graff. The price is more than $1.3 million a carat.