Saturday, October 30, 2010

World's Most Expensive Diamond at American Museum of Natural History

One of the world's rarest diamonds, the Wittelsbach-Graff, is on display at the American Museum of Natural History. 
 
 
The 31.06-carat flawless deep blue Wittelsbach-Graff diamond is on display at the American Museum of Natural History until early next year

Kanye West Diamond Teeth on Ellen Degeneres Show

Kanye west diamond teeth 
Hip- Hop superstar and lime light grabber Kanye West redefine the meaning  of “million dollar smile”. After the controversial Rapstar (remember the Taylor Swift incident?) show-off his replaced bottom row teeth with sparkling diamonds in the Ellen DeGeneres show last Tuesday.

Kanye West made an unexpected entrance from a trapdoor on the Ellen  DeGeneres Talk show studio awed the audience not only by his appearance (who shunned from the spotlight for almost a year) but the little gems he had for a teeth.
Talk show host Ellen curiously asked Kanye to why he decided to replace his teeth with sparkling gems. The Rapstar blurted “I just thought that diamonds were cooler”.
The artist also posted picture of his new sparkling dentures on his twitter account while writing “My teeth are real diamonds….these are not fronts… I replaced my bottom row of teeth with diamonds” Kanye on his twitter page.
Kanye also admitted on the talk show that he went into hiding and stop making music, after the Taylor Swift incident. He also confirms the launch of his controversial new album before the end of the year.
Kanye went to Japan, Rome and even relocated to Hawaii after returning to the U.S.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

$200,000 Diamond Ring Stolen In Heist

42-year-old David Compagnoni went to the store with Marco Cipollone, 34, and arranged with the business owner to buy a five-carat diamond engagement ring for $200,000 and a pair of diamond earrings for $7,000
Stolen 5.16 carat diamond ring. Clarity: VVS-2. Colour: D. Cut: Excellent. Valued at $200,000.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Diamond-clad iPhone 4 with a price tag of 5 million pounds

Stuart Hughes, the British jeweler known for his expensive remakes of popular gadgets, a diamond-clad iPhone 4 with a price tag of 5 million pounds, or roughly $8 million. 100 carats. There's 53 additional diamonds in the back, and the main navigation button is made of platinum, holding a single cut 7.4 carat pink diamond.



Wednesday, October 13, 2010

$49.8 million diamond ring

A rare pink diamond ring will be sold in Geneva worth US$38 million ($49.8 million), according to auctioneer Sotheby's.

The 'fancy intense pink' 24.78 carat gem is being sold by an unidentified private collector who has had it in his possession for 60 years, the auction house said.

The diamond was last sold by New York jeweller Harry Winston and has a classic emerald cut with gently rounded corners. The stone has a flaw unnoticeable to the naked eye, probably due to wear but may be graded internally flawless after repolishing.

pink diamond made available by Sotheby's Tuesday Oct. 5, 2010. Sotheby's says it will auction a rare pink diamond

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