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Category Archives: Tiara
Elizabeth Taylor Jewelry Sale: The Mike Todd Tiara
In 1957, she gave him a daughter. Abandoned to love, he gave her this: Nine scrolls with larger terminals, spaced by latticework motifs, c. 1880. It sold for $4,226,500, but that doesn’t matter to me. Love is still priceless. Tiara … Continue reading
Posted in Elizabeth Taylor, English Hair Comb, Tiara
Tagged elizabeth taylor, Mike Todd Tiara
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Sotheby’s Video: 500-Carat Donnersmarck Emerald Tiara
The tiara sold on May 17, 2011, for 11,282,500.00 Swiss Francs, or in today’s currency markets, $14,511,254.51. David Bennett, Sotheby’s Chairman of European and Middle Eastern Jewellery, details the provenance in a video. The emeralds were mined in 16th-Century Columbia … Continue reading
Jade Comb – Diamond Tiara
We are a forest goddess with fairy handmaidens who present us with jewelry so we can choose which piece fits our mood. If these two pieces were presented, which would you choose? First is a beautiful English diamond tiara made … Continue reading
Emerald and Diamond Tiara
This tiara belonged to Princess Katharina Henckel von Donnersmark, c. 1900. Forget the laurel-leaf motif at the bottom and the brilliant-cut diamonds in the center, the 11 emeralds on top total almost 500 carats. Price estimate: around $9,000,000. :-)
Royal Wedding Tiara
In 1936, the Duke of York (later King George VI) bought this tiara for Queen Elizabeth II’s mother, the Queen Mum. Cartier called it the “Halo” tiara. A fashion journalist also dubbed it the “Scroll” tiara. Both names stuck. Wedding … Continue reading
Diamond Thoughts, Old and New
This is a modern replica of a Victorian tiara, made of 5 graduated diamond flowerheads, some have a 2- to 3-carat fancy vivid yellow diamond in the center and 2 or more carats of D flawless white diamonds, which make … Continue reading
Posted in American Hair Comb, Tiara
Tagged diamond, hair comb, parure, rubber, Tiara, yellow diamonds
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Elizabeth Taylor: Tiara Queen
It doesn’t matter that she had La Peregrina, the Taylor-Burton diamond, and the Vera Krupp diamond, Elizabeth Taylor had the royal presence to wear tiaras when all you noticed was her. Alexandre de Paris himself wove strands of pearls through … Continue reading
Posted in Elizabeth Taylor, Tiara
Tagged elizabeth taylor, peregrina pearl, taylor burton diamond, Tiara, vera krupp diamond
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The Innovation of Josephine
As Napoleon’s passionate love, Josephine, kneels before him at his coronation, she introduced two enduring jewelry designs: a woman’s laurel-leaf tiara and a comb with round stones on a stem, forever to be known as the Peigne Josephine. She is … Continue reading
Diamond and Aquamarine Tiara
Topped by a pear-shaped aquamarine, this tiara was owned by Princess Olga Valerianovna Paley. She was born Olga Karnovitsch on Dec. 2, 1865, married Erich Gerhard von Pistohlkors in 1884, had an affair with Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, … Continue reading
Posted in Russian Hair Comb, Tiara
Tagged aquamarine, cartier, diamond tiara, hair comb, Princess Olga Paley
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Collier Comète Hair Pin
On November 1, 1932, Coco Chanel exhibited her first collection of fine jewelry in her Paris apartment. Two of her most enduring innovations were putting diamonds in invisible settings so you could see their brilliance without distraction, and the Collier … Continue reading
Posted in chanel, diadem, Tiara, van cleef & arpels
Tagged chanel, collier comete, diadem, hair comb, replica, van cleef & arpels
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