Top 13 most expensive jewels in the world

Top13 most expensive jewels in the world

A jewel, in the absolute, it is especially intended to put a face, a hand or an outfit in value. It's the "little plus" that will make the difference. But beyond certain thresholds, the jewel not only impresses its beauty, but also and especially its ability to focus the value of a car or a football player in a tiny volume. Saying that you can lose a few tens of millions of dollars as a simple keychain, it has something fascinating. If you find one of these objects in the street, do not hesitate to bring them back to us, we will know what to do with them:

The Hope (or The Jewel of the King, or the Blue of France) ($ 200 million)

The largest blue diamond ever discovered to date, it is the second most visited art object in the world (at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington), behind the Mona Lisa. He notably belonged to Louis XIV, and Pierre Cartier, the son of the famous jeweler.

The Pink Dream ring ($ 83.19 million)

For the luxury of renaming this "Pink Star" in "Pink Dream", Isaac Wolf had to lose $ 83.19 million in Geneva in 2013 (a priori, delivery is offered at this price ...) . It is the largest pink diamond of this purity and transparency. At this rate, it is the least of things.
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The Wittelsbach-Graff diamond ($ 80 million)

Rumor has it that the diamond was previously owned by an emperor in the Indian kingdom of Golkonda and that King Philip IV of Spain reportedly brought it to his daughter. What we are sure of is that it sold in 2008 to the Graff family and that it weighs 35.56 carats.

The Incomparable ($ 55 million)

The jeweler Mouawad does not ask too many questions and regularly aims Guinness records. After the most expensive bra in the world and the most expensive handbag in history, the brand has seized the title of necklace in 2013 at the most delirious price ever displayed. And to do so, she put the means: brownish yellow diamond of more than 407 carats mounted on a gold necklace (so to do) set with 91 white diamonds (it's a gift).

The Pink Graff ($ 46.2 million)

Originally owned by Harry Wintson, the famous American jeweler of the stars, then bought by jeweler Laurence Graff for $ 46.2 million in 2010, this rose diamond cut in rectangle with rounded corners and mounted in a ring made in 24, 78 carats, held on each side by platinum hooks. Of course when you have this kind of stuff, you can hardly help but give him his name.

The perfect rose ($ 23.2 million)

Purchased by an anonymous artist in 2010, this rare pink 14.23 carat diamond is cut in a rectangular way.

Archduke Joseph ($ 21.5 million)

A diamond of color D (the purest), which is the size of a domino.

The Heart of the Ocean ($ 20 million)

If you have seen Titanic, this jewel is surely familiar to you. Her reply is carried by the character of Rose in the film (Kate Winslet / Gloria Stuart), the original will then appear on the neck of Gloria Stuart at the ceremony of the Oscars in 1998 and will be the most expensive jewel ever worn at this ceremony. And for good reason: this sapphire from the jeweler Harry Winston has been estimated at 20 million dollars.

The double diamond ring Bvlgari ($ 15.7 million)

This ring, decorated with stones of 10.95 and 9.87 carats, was created in 1972 and will be bought at an auction by an Asian collector in 2010. Until now, the jewel was owned by a private collector European who has kept the ring in his family for almost 40 years, after acquiring it in 1972 for the silly sum of a million dollars, just to celebrate the birth of their first child.

The emerald and diamond tiara ($ 12.7 million)

Ordered around 1900 by the Parisian jewelry store Chaumet for Princess Katharina Henckel von Donnersmarck, this tiara weighs more than 500 carats and was worn by the wife of Napoleon III.
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The Wallis Simpson Panther Bracelet ($ 12 million)

King Edward VIII had to abdicate from the British throne after less than a year of reign to marry Wallis Simpson, a divorced woman. But as if that was not enough as proof of love, he offered him this charm, later recovered by the millionaire Wafiq Said. At last news, it would have been bought by Madonna.

The pink Graff ring ($ 11.8 million)

Another very rare pink diamond owned by Graff. It is 5.00 carats and was found in South Africa.

The spindle of Empress Eugenie ($ 10.5 million)

Finishing the work of François Kramer goldsmith around 1855, this piece was intended for the wife of Napoleon III. The jewel will then be repatriated to the Louvre Museum in 2008.