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The 5.5-Carat Fancy Vivid Blue-Green Ocean Dream Diamond (Courtesy of Christie's Auction House) What the Ocean Dream Diamond’s $17.3 Million Sale Proves About Natural Color Diamonds The mesmerizing blue-green diamond that makes one industry expert’s pulse race.
Winston Red Diamond Painting Why the Winston Red Diamond Made Smithsonian History Again Visual artist Reena Ahluwalia spent months painting the full story of a 2.33-carat Fancy Red diamond, and the result just made history.
Portrait Jewelry Has Illustrated the Sentimental Value of Diamonds For Centuries Tiny treasures and tokens of love, diamond portrait jewelry has survived history as a beloved memento.
The Aurora Green Diamond The Aurora Green Diamond: The Most Expensive Green Diamond Ever Sold at Auction At $3.3 Million Per Carat, the Aurora Green Diamond, a 5.03-Carat Vivid Diamond From Brazil Rewrote the Record Books — and the Story of How It Got Its Color Is Just as Extraordinary.
The Winston Blue Diamond The Winston Blue Diamond Set a World Record and Redefined a Legacy When Harry Winston's new CEO decided she wanted the World's largest flawless vivid blue diamond, the Winston Blue, nothing was going to stop her.
Evelyn Nesbit If These Diamonds Could Talk: Evelyn Nesbit and the Scandal that Shook the Gilded Age Evelyn Nesbit, America’s first pinup girl, defined Gilded Age celebrity—until a shocking murder drew her and her jewels into one of the most notorious trials of the era.
Before Maximalism Was a Trend, There Was Millicent Rogers Millicent Rogers wasn’t just another society darling—she was truly one of a kind. Born in the early 20th century, she had a typical upper-crust childhood before coming of age as a debutante in Europe. A staple of Best Dressed lists, she graced the pages of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and even the cover of LIFE magazine. […]
The Polar Star Diamond The Polar Star Diamond’s Thrilling Tale of Empires, Rasputin, and Exile From Napoleonic Europe to the murder of Rasputin and the fall of Imperial Russia, the Polar Star diamond carries a history as brilliant as the 41.28-carat cushion-cut masterpiece.
The Tereshchenko Diamond, now called the Mouawad Blue Diamond (Courtesy of Mouawad) The Tereshchenko Diamond: The Second Largest Blue Diamond in the World The Tereshchenko Diamond, now known as the Mouawad Blue, is a 42.92-carat fancy blue Type IIb diamond believed to have originated in India’s legendary Golconda mines. Today, it ranks among the largest and rarest blue diamonds in the world, prized for its remarkable size, vivid color, and mysterious history. Few diamonds match the Tereshchenko Diamond’s […]
The Argyle Phoenix Broke Nearly Every Record for Natural Red Diamonds Fewer than thirty true natural red diamonds are known to exist in the world. The Argyle Phoenix is the largest round brilliant fancy red diamond to come to auction, and it sold to Laurence Graff for more than double its estimate.
Renaissance Jewelry: When Diamonds Became High Art Renaissance jewelry still feels surprisingly familiar today. Think: layered gold chains, gemstone pendants with symbolic meaning, intricate enamel detailing, and even early versions of diamond cuts that laid the groundwork for how stones sparkle now. Techniques like the table cut—a precursor to modern faceting—allowed diamonds to catch light in new ways, while nature-inspired motifs, from […]
Bee de chaumet necklace Bee de Chaumet: Why This Napoleonic Symbol Is Still Buzzing Bees are truly magnificent creatures. Partly because their existence is vital to sustaining life on earth, due to their essential contributions to food production, biodiversity, and the health of the environment—but also because of what they represent. The bee is an enduring symbol of power, immortality, ambition, perseverance, hard work, and unity. Few jewelry motifs […]
The Radical Vision of René Boivin: Jewelry as Sculpture Though the name may not be as recognizable as Cartier or Van Cleef & Arpels, French jeweler René Boivin was considered one of the great figures of early 20th-century jewelry design and a prominent force during the Art Deco era. His Maison was known for being decades ahead of its time. Boivin stood out not […]
Cartier Panther: This Cartier Panthère is pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds, accentuated by striking onyx spots, and illuminated by vivid emerald eyes.​ Featured in the Hong Kong Jewels Auction​ on March​ 30, 2026. (Phillips Jewels) The History of the Cartier Panthère: How the Famous Fierce Feline Became a Feminine Icon The Cartier Panther motif, known as the Panthère, is one of the most exalted emblems of the House of Cartier. Made famous by a woman ahead of her time, the diamond feline was beloved by equally fierce figures like María Félix, Barbara Hutton, Daisy Fellowes, and the Duchess of Windsor.
nassak diamond The Nassak Diamond: The Sacred Stone From the Crown of Shiva A Hindu temple. A colonial war. A British sword handle. Harry Winston. And a question about ownership that nobody has fully answered yet.
graff butterfly necklace The Graff Butterfly: Over 50 Years of Diamonds in Flight An ethereal icon in motion, the Graff Butterfly transforms natural diamonds into something almost weightless.
sancy diamond The Beau Sancy: The Diamond That Impacted Nearly Every Royal Dynasty in Europe Discovered in India, worn at a French coronation, pawned to fund a royal restoration, seized in a Prussian palace, and hidden in a bricked-up crypt to survive World War II. The Beau Sancy Diamond has lived more lives than maybe any stone in history.
Cartier high jewelry collar Cartier and the Making of Modern Luxury The late Evalyn Walsh McLean, photographed at the height of her fame as a Washington socialite, wears the famous Hope diamond on its chain. (Getty Images)

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