The most expensive ornament in the world: photo

It's hard to argue with the claim that the jewels are beautiful. They cause admiration for their beauty in many people. And some people can lose their heads in the figurative sense of the word. And you can see for yourself personally. It is enough only to study the most expensive ornaments in the world, many of which were made especially for connoisseurs of luxury.

Pink Diamond Pink Star

This is undoubted leader. Pink diamond, known as the "Pink Star" - the most expensive piece of jewelry in the world ever put up for sale. It is unique, its weight is 59.6 carats (11.92 grams). Visually, its dimensions are 2.69 x 2.06 cm.

However, it is remarkable not only for its appearance. It is important to note that this pink diamond belongs to an extremely rare subgroup of diamonds with near-perfect optical transparency and crystal clear crystals. An instance with similar characteristics is very difficult to find. Only 2% of diamond jewelry is included in this subgroup.

In 2013, November 13, the "Pink Star" was almost sold at auction to a New York jeweler named Isaac Wolf, who then offered him 83,187,000 dollars. This is more than 4.8 billion rubles at today's rate! But the deal did not take place. As a result, they sold the stone only on April 4 of the current year, 2017, in Hong Kong. For him, the buyer (according to the auction house, this is the Hong Kong company Chow Tai Fook Jewelery) gave 71.2 million dollars. Although the starting price was 51.6 million. Bidding lasted about 5 minutes.

Value from the past

Well, the pink diamond is now really the most expensive adornment in the world. But this is only for the time being. Until then, when something new will appear, more expensive. After all, while there was no "Pink Star", other things had a value, considered the highest. So now it's worth to plunge into history.

A wandering pearl is a jewel that has become the most expensive adornment in the world in the 16th century. It has a characteristic pear-shaped form and weighs 55.95 carats. She was caught by a black slave on the Pearl Islands, for which he was given freedom.

From a wonderful find made a pendant, which became part of the dress, in which the Spanish queens posed for the ceremonial portraits. Because of its weight, the pearl often fell out of the frame. If you believe the legends, then she was lost twice at balls by Hamilton's spouses.

The last owner of the jewelry was Elizabeth Taylor. "Queen of Hollywood" gave her husband Richard Burton. But after the death of the actress, the pearl was sold at an auction for 11.8 million dollars.

From the collection of Wallis Simpson

The wife of the Duke of Windsor, who until 1936 was king of Great Britain, had many ornaments, most of them from Cartier. All of them were beautiful and had their own history. The lady also owned the most expensive ornament in the world for those years. It was a bracelet in the form of a panther. Her body is made of onyx and diamonds, and the eyes of a wild cat sparkle with emeralds.

After the death of Wallis Simpson, this product was auctioned along with her other decorations. The bracelet was sold for 12.4 million dollars.

Jewelry with function ... clothes

And this also happens. A vivid example is a unique bikini made of diamonds and platinum. In such an "apparel" in 2006, a fashion show featured the Molly Sims model. The total weight of the miniature swimsuit was 150 carats (~ 30 grams). And the price exceeded the $ 30 million mark. To make a swimsuit, by the way, it took 254 precious stones, the good part of which had a very rare shape.

That's just this extravagant "outfit" that does not cover anything, nobody decided to buy. Therefore, at the moment it is in the company's storage facility called Steinmetz Diamonds. She specializes, by the way, on the purchase and sale of diamonds.

A product with a bad name

One can not fail to note the so-called diamond Hope, talking about the most expensive jewelry in the world. The photo is presented below. It is a large diamond of deep sapphire blue color, weighing 45.52 carats.

The product was named after its first owner, who was Henry Philip Hope, a British aristocrat. It was at his disposal that this diamond was first noticed (the event dates back to 1839). What is so bad about this product? The fact that it was obtained by re-cutting the famous blue diamond from the French crown. Initially it was just a version. It, however, arose in the fifties of the XIX century, when the product was exhibited at world famous exhibitions. And in 2008 the version gained scientific confirmation.

The stone, by the way, was inherited. The last family owner was Lord Pelham-Clinton-Hope, who sold him for debts in 1910. Brilliant bought a jeweler Pierre Cartier for a huge money at that time - 550 000 francs. By the way, he began spreading rumors about the curse imposed on the stone. After there were two more owners, and at the moment this diamond, considered one of the most famous in the New World, is in the museum of natural history in Washington.

Values that are difficult not to notice

One can not fail to note the attention and large items, talking about the most expensive jewelry in the world. The photo below is just one of them. This tiara with diamonds and emeralds, which from the beginning of the XX century belonged to Katarina - the wife of the Prussian prince Guido Henkel von Donnersmarck. Its auction price is 13 million dollars.

Still need to mention a necklace made of jadeite beads, worth more than $ 27 million. He had many owners. Among them, and Barbara Hatton, a secular lioness in the US mid-twentieth century.

And finishes the top 10 most expensive jewelry in the world, which really impress, the watch of the Swiss company Chopard, which weighs 201 carats and cost $ 25 million. They consist of 874 diamonds of various sizes. The largest of them is 15-carat. Particularly surprising is the mechanism by which the three most impressive stones are moved away, thus opening the dial.

"Diamond" rating

Finally, I would like to note the attention of the world's most expensive jewelry, which has not been said yet.

The third place belongs to the ring with the diamond "Pink Graff". His auction price was $ 46.2 million. But it was once owned by Harry Winston himself - the first jeweler of the New World!

On the second place of the rating under the name "The most expensive jewelry in the world" is the necklace "Incomparable". In the photo below you can see it. Small stones in general weigh 230 ct. And the lower one is a 407.48-carat diamond, which is the largest in the whole jewelry sphere of our planet. Most striking is that his uncut version (which weighed 890 carats!) Found a small girl from the Congo among the cobblestones.

The first place is occupied by the "Wittelsbach". This dark blue diamond weighing 35.56 carats was once part of two crowns - Austrian and Bavarian. But in 2008 he was bought by a jeweler from London named Lawrence Graff for $ 24.3 million. He removed about 4.5 carats! This infuriated many jewelers. But Lawrence Graff thus increased the purity of the stone. And the price, respectively, too. In 2011, he sold it for 80 million dollars to a member of the royal family of Qatar.