Come, come, come, the proposition is coming again and again~
Think carefully before choosing, oh, give you a hint, pigeon's egg this big
Manami Star
The "pigeon's egg" in the picture is a oval diamond called Manami Star weighing 88.22ct; it has been certified by GIA as having the best fire in its grade. weighing 88.22ct; it was certified by the GIA as having the best fire and clarity of any diamond in its class, and was sold at Sotheby's for HK$108 million (approx. RMB 95.3 million). The diamond was won by a Japanese private collector and renamed Manami Star after his eldest daughter.
The happiness of rich people is really unimaginable ...... worth about 100 million stones we can not afford to buy, can not afford to buy can not appreciate it? Today, let's take a look at some of the most famous diamonds ~
Chow Tai Fook Star
The highest priced diamond in the auction
The Chow Tai Fook Star CTF Pink Star is a 59.60ct Fancy Vivid Pink Diamond, which has set the global diamond auction price record twice - in November 2013, the pink diamond was unveiled at Sotheby's Geneva auction, and sold for 76.325 million Swiss francs (approx. 530 million RMB). ) became the world's highest-priced diamond at auction at the time, and the final bidder - New York diamond cutter Isaac Wolf - did not fulfill the deal; in April 2017, the pink diamond was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong in a second public auction for a second time to set a new global diamond auction price record, the buyer is Hong Kong jeweler Chow Tai Fook.
CTF Pink Star
This is the largest GIA-appraised IF-grade Fancy Vivid Pink diamond with a raw stone weighing 132.5ct, which was mined in 1999 by De Beers from South Africa, and cut and polished into an oval by a New York diamond Cut and polished by a New York diamond cutter into an oval shaped pink diamond, it changed hands in 2007 through a private sale and was renamed the Pink Star, which Chow Tai Fook renamed the CTF Pink Star when it acquired it.
The Taylor Burton Diamond
Largest Private Collection of Diamonds
Elizabeth Taylor, the famous American actress, has another identity - jewelry collector. She once owned a 69.42-carat pear-shaped diamond - the Taylor Burton Diamond, which at the time was ranked twelfth in the world in terms of weight, and was also the largest in a private collection.
Taylor Burton Diamon
Purchased from Cartier in 1969 by Elizabeth Taylor's husband, Richard Burton, the diamond was originally known as the Cartier Diamond, with a teardrop cut and a D color and flawless grade.
The Taylor Burton Diamond was originally set in a diamond setting. Originally set in a ring, the Burton Diamond was eventually made into a pendant and set on a necklace by Elizabeth Taylor.
Here can not help but sigh, can really "other people's husband" ...... but Elizabeth Taylor changed a lot of husband, are very supportive of her collection of jewelry. It is not all of a sudden do not know which one to envy a good ~
Elizabeth Taylor
Mouawad Dragon
The largest round brilliant yellow diamond
Swiss jeweler Mouawad announced the completion of the cutting of a new diamond in April 2019, the first of its kind in the world. April 2019 announced the cutting of the Mouawad Dragon, a 54.21ct round yellow diamond, and became the largest round yellow diamond to date to be graded by the GIA at Fancy Vivid Yellow. According to Mouawad, the color of the diamond resembles the fire in the eyes of a divine dragon, hence the name Mouawad Dragon.
Mouawad Dragon
Mouawad's collection of large-sized diamonds, in addition to the newly cut and finished Mouawad Dragon, includes the 245.35ct cushion-shaped In addition to the newly cut Mouawad Dragon, the collection includes the 245.35ct Jubilee cushion-shaped diamond, and the above once largest diamond in a private collection, the 69.42ct Taylor Burton teardrop-shaped diamond, among others.
The 245.35ct Jubilee cushion-shaped diamond
The Mount of Light
The most controversial diamond of all
The Mount of Light, Koh-i-noor, is a 105.6ct oval-cut diamond from the 13th century. Discovered in southern India in the 13th century, the 793ct rough stone was once the largest diamond in the world. In 1849, the British occupied the Indian state of Punjab, and in 1850 the diamond was presented to Queen Victoria by the East India Company, where it was secondarily cut and then set in a brooch. After Queen Victoria's death, the Koh-i-noor was re-set in one of the crowns of the British Crown Jewels, which is currently on display at the Tower of London.
Queen Elizabeth wearing the crown
The Cullinan Diamond
The Children of the Largest Raw Stone
If the Mountain of Light was the source of the Queen's wealth, then the Koh-i-noor was the source of the Queen's wealth, and the Koh-i-noor was the source of the Queen's wealth. If the "Mountain of Light" is the tip of the iceberg of the Queen's wealth, the Cullinan diamond is the symbol of the power of the empire - the King's Sceptre, the Coronation Crown ...... are set with the "children" of the Cullinan diamond! "The Cullinan Diamond was founded in 1905. The Cullinan Diamond was mined in 1905 from the Premier mine in South Africa, weighing 3106.75ct, and is by far the largest gem-quality raw diamond ever found in the world . In 1907, the South African colonial government of the Transvaal purchased the diamond for ￡150,000 as a 66th birthday gift for King Edward VII of the United Kingdom to symbolize South Africa's loyalty to the United Kingdom. The diamond is a symbol of South Africa's loyalty to the United Kingdom.
The Cullinan Diamond Replica and the original Cullinan Diamond Inspection Protocol
The Cullinan Diamond was cut and polished by the Dutch diamond cutter Asscher, resulting in nine large diamonds and 96 smaller diamonds, of which the larger nine are in the British royal collection , and are known as the Cullinan I to Cullinan III. Cullinan I to Cullinan IX.
Edward VII's King's Sceptre
Cullinan I, weighing 530.20ct, is still the world's largest colorless polished diamond and was set in Edward VII's King's Sceptre, while Cullinan II, at 317.4ct, was set in the Imperial Diamond used for the coronation. The 317.4ct Cullinan II was set in the Imperial Crown for the Coronation.
The Imperial Crown for the Coronation
The 94.4ct Cullinan 3 and 63.3ct Cullinan 4 were set into the Cullinan Diamond Brooch , which Queen Elizabeth wore to the Diamond Jubilee celebrating her 60th anniversary.
The Cullinan Diamond Brooch
The Regency Diamond
The most dominant diamond of all
Why is it dominant? If you really use it to fight, such a big diamond, not afraid to fall down and break it! Its origins, from 1802 - Napoleon appointed Charmilles CHAUMET founder Niederau as the royal master jeweler , he was commissioned to create a series of symbols of Napoleon's royal power used in the coronation ceremony in 1804, including the crown diamonds set with the French "Coronation Sword", "Charlemagne" crown, and so on.
Napoleon I wearing the Coronation Sword
When Napoleon customized the Coronation Sword, he was very demanding, requiring the use of the brilliant French crown jewels, especially the fabulous Regent Diamond. "The Regent's Diamond. This legendary 140-carat diamond, mined in 1689 in the famous mines of India, adorned the coronation crowns of the French kings Louis XV and Louis XVI. In addition, the "Coronation Sword" was made of gold, chrysoprase, precious stones, tortoiseshell and steel, which made Nidor's name.
The Coronation Sword
De Beers yellow diamond
The main stone of the most complex necklace
In 1928, Lord Bhupindar Singh of Patiala commissioned a new necklace, which is the first of its kind in the world. Bhupindar Singh had commissioned Cartier to design a platinum necklace*** set with 2,930 diamonds totaling nearly 1,000 carats. The main diamond was De Beers, the seventh largest diamond in the world at the time, with a cushion cut and weighing 234.69 carats.
In 1941, the necklace's large stones were sold, and the incomplete necklace was purchased and restored by Cartier in 2002. To this day, the necklace remains the largest and most complex diamond necklace in the history of jewelry.
Bhupindar Sing, Lord of Tirthankar, wearing the necklace
The Hope Diamond
The Most Famous Blue Diamond
The Hope Diamond is one of the most famous blue diamonds of all time, having come from the Golconda diamond mine in India in the 17th century. Golconda diamond mine in India in the 17th century. It is a Type IIb diamond and weighs 45.52 carats when cushion cut.
Hope Diamond
Pierre Cartier, the founder of Cartier, was the 18th owner of the Hope Diamond, which he sold in 1911 to American celebrity Evalyn Walsh McLean. Harry Winston then bought the diamond in 1949 and donated it to the Smithsonian Institution.
American celebrity Evalyn Walsh McLean
Graff Lesedi La Rona
The largest emerald-cut diamond in the world
Graff Lesedi La Rona is the largest square-cut diamond in the world
Graff Lesedi La Rona. The world's largest square emerald-cut diamond, weighing 302.37ct,*** took 18 months to cut. Graff speculates that it will achieve a D color and very high clarity, and is expected to be the largest D color flawless diamond ever graded by the GIA.
Graff Lesedi La Rona
Discovered in 2015 from the mines of north-central Botswana, the diamond's rough stone, Lesedi La Rona, weighed 1109ct when cleaned, and is the second largest gem-quality rough diamond in the world after the Cullinan diamond.
The Graff Lesedi La Rona in cut
The Graff Venus
The Largest Heart-Shaped Flawless Diamond
As it turns out, Graff's press releases really aren't bragging about anything, other than having the world's largest square emerald cut diamond, they also have the world's largest D-color flawless heart-shaped diamond . The D-color diamond weighs 118.78ct, with Flawless clarity, Type IIa, Excellent polish and symmetry; the entire cutting and polishing process took over 18 months. Venus".
The Graff Venus
The 357-carat rough diamond was mined in 2015 from a diamond mine in the Kingdom of Lesotho in southern Africa and sold for $19.3 million. Venus is the largest of these. It is worth noting that Graff's initial cut of the completed heart-shaped diamond weighed 118.88ct and was tested by the GIA, which revealed a tiny fissure; Graff decided to polish it again. After reducing the weight by 0.1ct, the 118.78ct flawless diamond was born.
3D modeling before cutting
Which of the ten diamonds is your favorite?