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The most expensive dog collar in the world is the $3.2 million, diamond-studded Amour Amour, [1] once called “the Bugatti of dog collars”. [2]The chandelier-design, 52-carat collar has over 1,600 hand-set diamonds, with a 7-carat, D-IF (flawless) color-graded, brilliant-shaped centerpiece.
The Sunrise Ruby [1] [2] [3] has been the world's most expensive ruby, most expensive coloured gemstone, and most expensive gemstone other than a diamond [2] [3] [4] until the discovery of the Estrela de Fura. Originally mined in Myanmar, its current name is derived from a poem of the same name, written by the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi. [5]
Research on dozens of sites to find the priciest real estate, artwork, yachts and jewels pinpoints the world’s most expensive item right now: the History Supreme Yacht, measuring 100-feet long ...
Ultramarine was historically the most prestigious and expensive of blue pigments. It was produced from lapis lazuli, a mineral whose major source was the mines of Sar-e-Sang in what is now northeastern Afghanistan. [1] It was transformed into a pigment by the Afghans beginning in about the 5th century, and exported by caravans to India.
POMPEII, Italy — Buried and unseen for nearly 2,000 years, a sacred room has been unearthed at Pompeii with painted blue walls, a rare and expensive color in the Roman city.. Describing it as a ...
The most expensive thing in the world is the History Supreme Yacht, with an astonishing value of $4.6 billion. Keep reading to learn more about 15 of the most expensive things in the world.
It was again broken in 2016 when the Oppenheimer Blue, a 14.62-carat (2.924 g) vivid blue diamond became the most expensive jewel ever sold at an auction. [19] It is the largest fancy vivid blue diamond classified by the Gemological Institute of America ever sold at auction; it sold at Christie's in Geneva in May 2016 for US$50.6 million.
Valued at $55 million, the necklace features 407.48 carats of diamonds set in 18-carat gold, making it the world’s most valuable necklace. It is currently owned by Mouawad, a Swiss and Emirati ...