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CTF Pink Star Diamond The 10 Most Expensive Diamonds Ever Sold at Auction
By Grant Mobley
Fancy Vivid Blue 5.04 carat diamond Christie’s Just Sold the Azure Blue, the Largest Fancy Blue Diamond Ever Offered
By Grant Mobley
Extraordinary Blue and Pink Diamonds Headline Sotheby’s New York High Jewelry Sale
By Grant Mobley
Catherine the Great Sothebys Artistic Luxury Auction Imperial Jewels (Courtesy of Sotheby's) Imperial Jewels Linked to Catherine the Great Resurface After a Century in Hiding
By Grant Mobley
Jwaneng 28.88 Diamond De Beers’ 28.88-Carat Jwaneng Diamond Sells for $2.6 Million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong
By Grant Mobley
Famous Diamonds View More
Jonker Diamond The Jonker Diamond: A 726-Carat Giant That Continues to Make Headlines
By Grant Mobley
The Archduke Joseph Diamond Why the Archduke Joseph Diamond Is One of the World’s Most Perfect Diamonds
By Grant Mobley
jacob diamond The Jacob Diamond: The Priceless Gem That Spent Years Hidden in a Shoe
By Grant Mobley
elizabeth taylor burton diamond necklace

Diamond Hall of Fame:
The Taylor-Burton Diamond
By Jill Newman
The Orlov Diamond in the Russian Imperial Sceptre. (Courtesy of Elkan Weinberg/ Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain) The Orlov Diamond is a 300-Year-Old Mystery Sitting Inside the Kremlin
By Grant Mobley
Royal Stories View More
Catherine the Great How Catherine the Great Made Diamonds Her Greatest Power Move
By Archana Thani
Meghan Markle’s Wedding Tiara Has a Surprising Royal History
By Hannah Militano
Queen Elizabeth II wears a sash featuring Queen Mary's Diamond Lover’s Knot Bow Brooch and the Star of the Order of the Garter, photographed by Cecil Beaton in 1968. (Courtesy of Royal Collection Trust) Queen Elizabeth II’s Extraordinary Collection of Diamond Brooches
By Hannah Militano
Queen Alexandra Was the OG Royal Jewelry Influencer
By Meredith Lepore
Coronation portrait of Catherine II Catherine the Great Romanov Russian Royal Family The Splendor and Mystery of the Romanov Jewels
By Milena Martins-Alexandre
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The Secret Legacy of Princess Diana’s Spencer Tiara—And Who Might Wear It Next
By Hannah Militano

The 6 Most Notorious Cursed Diamonds
By Jill Newman
nassak diamond The Nassak Diamond: The Sacred Stone From the Crown of Shiva
By Grant Mobley
graff butterfly necklace The Graff Butterfly: Over 50 Years of Diamonds in Flight
By Meredith Lepore
sancy diamond The Beau Sancy: The Diamond That Impacted Nearly Every Royal Dynasty in Europe
By Grant Mobley
Cartier high jewelry collar Cartier and the Making of Modern Luxury
By Meredith Lepore
Orlov diamond from the golconda mines The 10 Most Famous Diamonds from the Legendary Golconda Mines
By Grant Mobley
Daisy Fellowes wears the Cartier Tutti Frutti design, 1936 by Cecil Beaton. ( © The Cecil Beaton Studio Archive at Sotheby’s) The Original Iconoclast: How Daisy Fellowes Defined the Art of the Statement Jewel
By Meredith Lepore
Kate Middleton Stuns in the Oriental Circlet Tiara—Her Largest Diamond Tiara Yet
By Hannah Militano
How Garrard Diamonds Have Made Royalty Shine for 290 Years
By Hannah Militano
bulgari serpenti The History of Bulgari Serpenti: Where Myth Meets Mesmerizing Design
By Meredith Lepore
Is the Millennium Star Diamond The Most Perfect Diamond in the World?
By Grant Mobley
DeYoung Red Diamond The DeYoung Red Diamond: An Extraordinary Gem That Hid in Plain Sight
By Grant Mobley
A selection of Argyle diamonds from the new Beyond Rare tender comprising a unique combination of pink, red, violet, yellow and white polished diamonds, embodying “rarity within rarity." (Argyle Diamonds Pty Limited 2024)

The Legacy of Argyle Lives On in Rio Tinto’s Upcoming Showcase
By Grant Mobley
Brooke Astor’s Diamond Jewelry Was the Height of Mid-Century Glamour
By Meredith Lepore
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