05.The Hope diamond
Unlike the means of the name, Hope diamond had brought tragic stories to the owners hundreds of years ago.
It was inherited to many peoples and some of them was King Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Evelyn Walsh McLean and Lord Francis Hope, who give name “hope” to the blue diamond. At this time, the diamond is displayed on Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. The current value of the diamond is $250,000,000.
04.The Wittelsbach Diamond
A 31.06 carats (6.21 g) , deep-blue diamond, Wittelsbach Diamond which is also known Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond was owned by Philip IV of Spain in the first time. Lawrence Graff is the current owner and he got it on an auction in London in December, 2008. He bought it for 16.4 million pounds Sterling. Before the diamond owned by Lawrence Graff, the diamond had 35.56-carat. I have no idea why Lawrance decided to re-cut the historical diamond
03.The Idol`s EYE
The Idol`s eye is a 70.21k blue diamond with unusual cut and 9 facets. It was owned by a Spanish Nobleman, Harry Winston, a Dutch dealer, Mrs. May Bonfils Stanton before it
was introduced at Christie’s auction London in 1865. On that time, the diamond was sold for Abdul Hamid II. The last owner of the diamond is mr. Harry Levinson. He sold it at anauction in New York 1973 and he sold it $1,100,000.At this time, the exact value is unknown
02.Koh-I-Noor
Koh-I-Noor or the mountain of light is an old legendary blue diamond from Kolar mine, Golconda, India. The original weight was 186k before it was cut by Prince Albert of England. He did a wrong decision to cut it and then he mounted it to Queen Victoria Brooch. This time the diamond is only 105.6k or 21.6 g. It is kept as a crown of jewels in Tower of London this moment and the current value is priceless.
01.The Orlov Diamond
The Orlov or sometimes call orloff diamond is a large diamond with a long history. In 18th century, The diamond was worshiped at Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple of Srirangam in southern India before it was stolen by Frenchman. The weight is 189.62k (37.9 g). The blue Orlov diamond is now collected in Diamond Fund of the Moscow Kremlin.
The Orlov has kept the affair story of Russian empress Catherine and Count Grigory Grigorievich Orlov. Around 1700s, Grigorievich Orlov bought it for 400,000 Dutch florins. It sounds like billions of dollars to me.
The Hope diamond
It was inherited to many peoples and some of them was King Louis XIV, Marie Antoinette, Evelyn Walsh McLean and Lord Francis Hope, who give name “hope” to the blue diamond. At this time, the diamond is displayed on Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. The current value of the diamond is $250,000,000.
04.The Wittelsbach Diamond
Wittelsbach Diamond
03.The Idol`s EYE
The Idol`s EYE
was introduced at Christie’s auction London in 1865. On that time, the diamond was sold for Abdul Hamid II. The last owner of the diamond is mr. Harry Levinson. He sold it at anauction in New York 1973 and he sold it $1,100,000.At this time, the exact value is unknown
02.Koh-I-Noor
Koh-I-Noor
01.The Orlov Diamond
The Orlov Diamond
The Orlov has kept the affair story of Russian empress Catherine and Count Grigory Grigorievich Orlov. Around 1700s, Grigorievich Orlov bought it for 400,000 Dutch florins. It sounds like billions of dollars to me.
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