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The businesswoman and reality TV star paid nearly $200,000 for the “Attallah Cross.”

It is part of Christie’s upcoming sale of the late fashion journalist’s estate.

The diamond and amethyst cross by Garrard is headlining Sotheby’s upcoming “Royal and Noble” online auction.

This 10.67-carat diamond, graded a natural fancy gray by two major labs, was part of Sotheby’s “Magnificent Jewels” sale last week.

It’s believed to be part of a $90 million scheme perpetrated by a man who billed himself as a psychic online.

Plus, two Rolexes the iconic actor gave to a longtime friend, stuntman Stan Barrett, found buyers at Sotheby’s “Important Watches” sale.

In addition, a 2.08-carat blue diamond did not find a buyer while a 3.24-carat blue from the same collection was pulled from the sale.

The 5.27-carat stone, salvaged from the wreck of the Spanish ship Nuestra Señora de Atocha, blew pre-sale estimates out of the water.

After a 13-carat pink diamond was pulled ahead of the sale, blue and colorless diamonds reigned supreme.

Holabird Western Americana Collections offered hundreds of treasures recovered from the S.S. Central America in its Dec. 3 sale.

A princess’s tiara fell within its pre-sale estimate while an Art Deco bracelet from a queen doubled it.

The auction house is not offering any details on why the fancy vivid pink stone was pulled from its upcoming “Magnificent Jewels” sale.

The Dec. 1 jewelry sale at Bonhams-owned Bruun Rasmussen will have several other pieces of royal jewelry on the block.

The S.S. Central America sank in 1857 off the coast of South Carolina, carrying tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.

It follows a few other notable fancy color diamonds at auction this fall, with mixed results.

The 5.53-carat fancy vivid blue diamond was the first of eight rare stones Sotheby’s will offer through 2023.

Estimated to sell for $25 million-$35 million, the 18.18-carat fancy vivid pink diamond went for $28.8 million.

Sotheby’s estimates the piece, pulled from the sunken Nuestra Señora de Atocha, could sell for $50,000-$70,000.

It features the jewels submitted to MJSA’s Responsibly Sourced Design Challenge.

“The Golden Canary” is one of the world’s largest polished diamonds, valued at more than $15 million.

“The De Beers Exceptional Blue Collection” will be sold across Sotheby’s jewelry auctions this year and through spring 2023.

More than 30 designers donated pieces to raise funds for the nonprofit’s work against mercury pollution.

Purchased by a collector in Florida, the 11.15-carat fancy vivid pink is the second most valuable jewel or gemstone ever sold at auction.

One of only four in existence, it more than doubled its pre-sale estimate at the Sotheby’s Paris auction.