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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
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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
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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
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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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Van Cleef & Arpels Zip Necklace The Van Cleef & Arpels Zip Necklace: How the Zipper Became a High Jewelry Icon
By Meredith Lepore
asscher cut diamond How the Asscher Cut Diamond Revolutionized Diamond Cutting
By Jill Newman
ashoka diamond ring The Epic 2,000-Year Journey of the Ashoka Diamond Cut
By Grant Mobley
Happy Rockefeller Happy Rockefeller’s Eye for Exceptional Diamond Jewelry
By Meredith Lepore
Marilyn Monroe wearing the Moon of Baroda. (Getty Images) The World’s Most Famous Diamonds and Their Scandalous Stories
By Jill Newman
The Cullinan Diamond: The Royal Legacy of the Largest Diamond in the World
By Grant Mobley
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Diamond Hall of Fame:
The CTF Pink Star Diamond
By Jill Newman
black orlov Is the Black Orlov Diamond Really Cursed? The Shocking Story Behind the Legend
By Shelley Brown
The Blue Moon of Josephine (Courtesy Christies) A Collector’s Dream: Blue Moon of Josephine Diamond
By Jill Newman

A History of
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By Grant Mobley
florentine diamond The Florentine Diamond: A Lost Treasure Resurfaces After a Century
By Grant Mobley
Queen Victoria wears the Koh-i-Noor diamond as a brooch in 1887.  Traditional Diamond Mourning Jewelry Keeps Treasured Memories Alive
By Hannah Militano
The Daria-i-Noor (Sea of Light) Diamond The Daria-i-Noor Diamond: The World’s Largest Pink Diamond
By Grant Mobley
Old European-Cut Diamond Tiara-like Belle Époque Dinner Ring (Courtesy of Adriana Barboné) The Beautiful Era: Why Belle Époque Jewelry Still Resonates Today
By Meredith Lepore
Nicola Peltz Beckham at the 2023 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2023. (Getty Images) Does Nicola Peltz Beckham’s Family Own the Star of the East Diamond?
By Hannah Militano
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