Jewellery Auction

Kim Kardashian made sure all eyes were stuck to her when she wore this iconic piece of jewellery in an unimaginable way

A decade after a 19.88-carat Kashmir sapphire shattered auction records in Geneva, the potential return of the priceless gems from the strife-torn region to global markets is on the horizon.

The auction house is predicting that jewels from the estate of Heidi Horten, the heiress who died last year, will bring in more than $150 million.

Gold, platinum, diamond and jewellery of Firestar Diamond International, owned by fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, will go under the hammer on March 25, according to a sale notice.

Sotheby's website states that the cross pendant has not been worn after Princess Diana's death in 1997.

A diamond bracelet and jewelled decorative elephants from Jaipur are some of the Indian heirlooms that make up a collection of 350 personal items belonging to Patricia Mountbatten, the eldest daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten - the last Viceroy of India - which will go under the hammer in London in March.

Catharine Becket, a specialist at Sotheby's in charge of its "magnificent jewels" sale in New York, had been working on obtaining a specific 1930s diamond and enamel bracelet by Cartier for five years.

An auction of royal Indian jewellery at Christie's here has totalled almost $109 million, with a jade-hilted dagger of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a ceremonial sword of the Nizams of Hyderabad and a bejewelled medieval huqqa setting world records.

After a few owners, the stone was acquired by Meyer Rosenbaum in the 1950s, president of Meyer Jewellery Company, in Michigan. It was during Rosenbaum's ownership that it received most publicity. It was at this time where the gem came to be associated with Marilyn Monroe.

A pearl and diamond pendant owned by Marie Antoinette before she was beheaded during the French Revolution sold for $36 million at an auction on Wednesday, shattering its pre-sale estimate of up to $2 million.

The iconic Tirumala Tirupati temple of Andhra Pradesh, one of the wealthiest religious bodies in India, is caught in allegations of theft and politics. The recently removed chief priest of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Ramana Deekshitulu, has alleged that a precious pink diamond that was part of a platinum necklace of Lord Balaji, the temple's...

A large diamond ring bought for just 10 pounds at a car boot sale in the UK has been auctioned for a whopping 656,750 pounds, almost double its estimate. The owner believed that the "exceptionally-sized" ring was a piece of fake costume jewellery when she bought it at a hospital in London in the 1980s and would wear it daily.

The Apollo Blue and the Artemis Pink diamonds together became the most valuable earrings ever sold at an auction, after realising a combined total of $57,425,478 at Sotheby's sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels in Geneva.

A trove of Marilyn Monroe's belongings including handwritten letters, shoes and jewelry is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes under the hammer in Los Angeles in November.

A collection of jewels belonging to an anonymous Indian royal family will go under the hammer later this month at international auction house Bonhams' Indian and Islamic art sale.

Kim Kardashian made sure all eyes were stuck to her when she wore this iconic piece of jewellery in an unimaginable way

A decade after a 19.88-carat Kashmir sapphire shattered auction records in Geneva, the potential return of the priceless gems from the strife-torn region to global markets is on the horizon.

The auction house is predicting that jewels from the estate of Heidi Horten, the heiress who died last year, will bring in more than $150 million.

Gold, platinum, diamond and jewellery of Firestar Diamond International, owned by fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, will go under the hammer on March 25, according to a sale notice.

Sotheby's website states that the cross pendant has not been worn after Princess Diana's death in 1997.

A diamond bracelet and jewelled decorative elephants from Jaipur are some of the Indian heirlooms that make up a collection of 350 personal items belonging to Patricia Mountbatten, the eldest daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten - the last Viceroy of India - which will go under the hammer in London in March.

Catharine Becket, a specialist at Sotheby's in charge of its "magnificent jewels" sale in New York, had been working on obtaining a specific 1930s diamond and enamel bracelet by Cartier for five years.

An auction of royal Indian jewellery at Christie's here has totalled almost $109 million, with a jade-hilted dagger of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, a ceremonial sword of the Nizams of Hyderabad and a bejewelled medieval huqqa setting world records.

After a few owners, the stone was acquired by Meyer Rosenbaum in the 1950s, president of Meyer Jewellery Company, in Michigan. It was during Rosenbaum's ownership that it received most publicity. It was at this time where the gem came to be associated with Marilyn Monroe.

A pearl and diamond pendant owned by Marie Antoinette before she was beheaded during the French Revolution sold for $36 million at an auction on Wednesday, shattering its pre-sale estimate of up to $2 million.

The iconic Tirumala Tirupati temple of Andhra Pradesh, one of the wealthiest religious bodies in India, is caught in allegations of theft and politics. The recently removed chief priest of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Ramana Deekshitulu, has alleged that a precious pink diamond that was part of a platinum necklace of Lord Balaji, the temple's...

A large diamond ring bought for just 10 pounds at a car boot sale in the UK has been auctioned for a whopping 656,750 pounds, almost double its estimate. The owner believed that the "exceptionally-sized" ring was a piece of fake costume jewellery when she bought it at a hospital in London in the 1980s and would wear it daily.

The Apollo Blue and the Artemis Pink diamonds together became the most valuable earrings ever sold at an auction, after realising a combined total of $57,425,478 at Sotheby's sale of Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels in Geneva.

A trove of Marilyn Monroe's belongings including handwritten letters, shoes and jewelry is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes under the hammer in Los Angeles in November.

A collection of jewels belonging to an anonymous Indian royal family will go under the hammer later this month at international auction house Bonhams' Indian and Islamic art sale.