It is part of Christie’s upcoming sale of the late fashion journalist’s estate.
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It’s believed to be part of a $90 million scheme perpetrated by a man who billed himself as a psychic online.
The businesswoman and reality TV star paid nearly $200,000 for the “Attallah Cross.”
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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.

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

Distinguishing natural diamonds from laboratory-grown stones – now more available than ever – has been difficult for jewelers. Until now.

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.

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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.

“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.

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.

The final hammer price blew the pre-sale estimate out of the water.

According to Christie’s, the auction is its most important single-owner watch collection ever.

The pear-shaped fancy vivid pink diamond will lead the Christie’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels auction on Nov. 8.

Fine jewelry comprised three of the auction’s top 10 lots, though it could not top her director’s chair or scripts from “The Golden Girls.”

The auction house is celebrating 100 years since the discovery of King Tut’s tomb.

Toomey & Co. will keep its name but relocate from the Illinois suburb of Oak Park to Rago/Wright’s Chicago headquarters.

This Charles de Temple ring is believed to be the prototype for the wedding ring in the James Bond film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.”
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