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Title: The Most Expensive Jewelry On Earth
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Published: Jan 8, 2014
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Post Date: 2014-01-08 18:24:31 by James Deffenbach
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#5 Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond: $24.3 Million Legend is the stone was originally procured in 1664 by King Philip IV of Spain for his daughter's dowry. True or not, it is known to have resided with a series of european royal families, where it was lost and recovered until in 2008, the jeweler Laurence Graff purchased and cut it into a 31.06-carat diamond. #4 The Patiala Necklace: $25 Million In The Year 1948 The Patiala Necklace owned by Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of India was stolen in 1948, although parts of it were recovered in a London antique shop in 1998. It originally had 5 rows of diamond-encrusted platinum chains and 2,930 diamonds at 962.25-carats! In the center 7 large diamonds, each between 18-carats and 73-carats surmounted a pendant holding the iconic 18-carat tobacco colored De Beers diamond, alongside 2 rubies weighing 29.58-carats! #3 Emerald and Diamond Tiara: $12.7 Million This emerald and diamond tiara holds 11 very rare Colombian emerald pear-shaped drops weighing around 500-carats. Its previous owner was Princess Katharina Henckel von Donnersmarck of old Upper Hungary, circa 1900. Sotheby’s Magnificent and Noble Jewels sold it for $2 million more than its original estimated price in 2011! #2 Heart of the Kingdom Ruby: $14 Million A worldwide respected jeweler, Garrard owns this huge and rare 40.63-carat heart-shaped Burmese ruby, mounted on a 155-carat diamond necklace. Not special enough? It can also be transformed and worn as a tiara! #1 The Graff Pink: $46.2 Million This rare 24.78-carat pink diamond is nick named 'pink panther' and considered the "greatest diamond ever discovered for it classification". Little is known about its origins, but Harry Winston sold it recently in an auction to jeweler, Laurence Graff. Its price is one of the highest ever spent on a piece of jewelry! 
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#1. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
It's all way out of my price range. ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Nice high-end jewelry for women!! Of course, it's all one-of-a-kind which really adds up the $$$$$$
#2. To: James Deffenbach (#0)
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-Alex Kurtagic
#3. To: BTP Holdings (#1)
Stunningly gorgeous, but outside my pay grade. Thanks for posting.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
#4. To: BTP Holdings (#1)
I know what you mean. I was a couple bucks short too. It's all way out of my price range. ;)
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#5. To: X-15 (#2) (Edited)
Even ol' "J Money" (Jerome on South Beach Tow) don't have the kind of money it would take for any of those baubles. Nice high-end jewelry for women!! Of course, it's all one-of-a-kind which really adds up the $$$$
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
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