Cheska’s Pride

Posted by francheska on June 24, 2008

Jewelry have been worn throughout history by every culture in the world. It’s a broad term that is used to describe a wide range of ornaments that are worn on the body to adorn it. This includes earrings, necklaces, and bracelets, among others. They are very much fancied by women and men usually give them as gifts. They are usually quite expensive but there are some that are just over-the-top valuable. Here are five of the most expensive jewelries I found floating around the web.

Chopard Blue Diamond Ring - Gosh. This one is really expensive but I guess it deserves the price it is being valued at. Blue diamonds are among the rarest of the natural-colored gems. This oval-shaped diamond ring, with triangular-shaped diamond shoulders are set on an 18-carat white gold diamond band. Price is estimated to be around $16 Million.

Garrard Heart of the Kingdom Ruby - The stone in this piece of jewelry is accompanied by two independent Swiss laboratory reports that verify its rarity. The heart-shaped Burma ruby weighs in at around 40.63 carats and is mounted on a 155-carat diamond necklace. It can also be transformed into a tiara.

Diamond Drop Earrings by Harry Winston - The House of Winston created this set of diamond earrings which they dubbed as the Extraordinary Diamond Drop Earrings. It consists of two pear-shaped diamonds in a platinum setting and totals to around 6.1 carats. Price is said to be around $8.5 Million.

Chopard Magnificent Diamond and Emerald Necklace - The price is actually set to “price upon request” so prepared to spend millions for it. Anyway, this beautiful necklace consists of 191-carats worth of Columbia’s most beautiful emeralds and 16-carats of rose and drop-shaped diamonds. It is included in Chopard’s “Haute Joaillerie” collection.

Chanel D-Flawless Bracelet Watch - Part of Chanel’s Collection Privee, this piece of jewelry is valued at around $2 Million. It contains one hundred and twenty, 6 - 6.5 millimeter cultured pearls, 133 diamonds, and arrayed in 18-karat white gold. It weighs in at around 35.1 carats. It’s a watch so you can use it for telling time, too.

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Posted by francheska on June 13, 2008

OK, so whose idea was it to put gold and jewels on our regular everyday stuff to make it “the most expensive”? It’s becoming quite a trend these days: cellphones, ipods, you name it. Is this done just for the title? I mean, come on! With gold and jewels on those things imagine how much they’d weigh. Gems or jewels look good on jewelry and accessories but for these things? I don’t think so. Here are five examples of the most expensive stuff in the world (because of jewels, that is).

Millennium Bra - Ok. This brassiere is covered in 3,024 jewels including 1,988 sapphires. It was produced by Victoria’s Secret (I didn’t expect anybody else) and was valued at $10 million. It was modeled by Heidi Klum during the opening of the 2005 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The following year, they produced a Fantasy Bra that was modeled by Karolina Kurvoka. It is worth $6.5 million and contains 2000 Hearts on Fire diamonds with a 10-carat diamond brooch centerpiece.

The $30 Million Bikini - This bikini contains over 150 carats of D Flawless diamonds, including a 51 carat D Flawless Pear Shape, a 30 carat D Flawless Emerald Cut, a pair of 15 carat D Flawless Rounds and a pair of 8 carat D Flawless Pear Shapes all set in platinum. It was created by Susan Rosen with Steinmetz Diamonds and uses NO FABRIC. Honestly, I don’t think it will be comfortable to wear.

GoldVish Le Million - No, no. It’s not Dracula saying “goldfish”, GoldVish is the creator of the Le Million, the world’s most expensive mobile phone. It’s a cellphone made from solid gold (imagine how heavy that is) and studded with diamonds. Its value is approximately one million euros ($1.3 million) and is a limited edition product with only 3 of them available.

iDiamond - Oh, come on! If you didn’t guess it was an iPod I don’t know what other name will. Just kidding. Thomas Heyerdahl created the aptly named iPod with the intention of combining the art of jewelry and technology to build the most expensive MP3 player available. He rebuilt the outer shell into solid gold and added 430 diamonds on the player and headset. Its value is approximately 31 thousand euros or US $42,000.

Mercedes SL600 - This diamond-studded Mercedes SL600 is valued at around $4.8 million. It is said to be Saudi Prince Waleed’s 38th car. However, there are sources who claim that those are not really jewels but crystals and the car is priced at around $1 million (which wouldn’t make it the most expensive). The truth? I’ll leave it up to you to find out.

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