Elizabeth Taylor jewelry

January 19, 2012 :: Posted by - nikolin :: Category - Diamonds Al

The hottest ticket in town was a coveted seat to the Elizabeth Taylor jewelry auction at Christie’s, held during the height of the holiday social season in New York City. The sale was indeed quite a show. Kicking off the proceedings was a black-tie evening event that enticed some attendees to dress up in evening gowns and other finery to pay homage to one of the most glamourous movie stars ever as they vied for a chance to own a little piece of the legend that was Elizabeth Taylor. “This is history; it is all one-of-a-kind,” gushed a dealer who was observing the auction.

The sale lived up to expectations as 270 lots sold 100 percent for a total of $137,235,675, setting a new world auction record for a single-owner sale, toppling the $50,281,887 Duchess of Windsor collection — sold in 1987 at Sotheby’s Geneva — into second place.

The Elizabeth Taylor sale also set seven other auction records, starting with the highest price ever paid for a pearl when La Peregrina sold for $11,842,500*, which also made it the top lot of the sale. The 50.56-carat natural pearl — something that will never be found again — was a gift from Richard Burton, who purchased it at New York’s Parke-Bernet Galleries in 1969 for $37,000. Discovered in the 1500s in the Gulf of Panama, La Peregrina has an enviable pedigree. It was owned by eight Spanish kings as well as Joseph Bonaparte of France, Prince Louis Napoleon of France and the Duke and Duchess of Abercorn. Taylor personally worked with the designers at Cartier to create a necklace for the pendant, which she described as “the most perfect pearl in the world.”

Extraordinary Collection

The scope of the Elizabeth Taylor jewelry collection was extraordinary. It included pieces of historical importance, the finest gemstones and top-name makers — Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier and Tiffany were some of the most prominent. Perhaps more significantly, Taylor’s jewelry chronicled the story of her life, with many pieces gifted to her by her famous husbands and friends. The provenance, coupled with the quality of the jewelry in this sale, sent prices through the stratosphere.

“The sale was priced to the inherent value of the pieces,” said Sally Morrison, spokesperson for the Elizabeth Taylor Trust, which will receive the proceeds from the auction. “We all hoped, knew and expected high prices due to provenance, but like everything in Elizabeth’s life, this sale defied gravity. She was the first woman to make $1 million for a movie, she was the first to have a celebrity fragrance. This sale was an extension of that.”Indeed, estimates meant nothing at this sale. It was the consensus among the trade that the jewelry was estimated low anyway but, with bidding so competitive, one could barely blink as bids soared past any reasonable price. “This is the only time in my career that I’ve seen people bidding so ferociously, jumping from $2 million to $4 million in one bid. I’ve never seen it before,” marveled François Curiel, international jewelry director, president of Christie’s Asia and one of the auctioneers at the sale.

Important Stones

Two very noteworthy diamonds tied for second place in the sale’s top ten list. First was the Taj Mahal diamond, circa 1627 to 1628. The heart-shaped table cut diamond, in a jade, red stone and diamond mounting, dangles from a gold and ruby chain by Cartier. It is inscribed with the name Nur Jahan, who was the wife of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahangir, who later gave the gem to his son, Shah Jahan. It is believed that Shah Jahan gave the diamond to his wife, who died four years later, and in whose honor he built the Taj Mahal. Burton gave this historic piece to Taylor on her fortieth birthday in 1972. It is another irreplaceable gem and it sold for $8,818,500.

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January 13, 2012 :: Posted by - nikolin :: Category - Diamonds Al

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Diamanti,guri nga i cili “cmenden” grate

January 10, 2012 :: Posted by - nikolin :: Category - Diamonds Al

Diamanti, guri nga i cili “cmenden” grate.
Pesë mijë vjet më parë në Indi ishin hajmali për të siguruar sukses në betejë. Diamantët edhe sot garantojnë sukses. E kush s’do t’i dorëzohej bukurisë së një guri të pavdekshëm diamanti!

E krahasuar për nga bukuria me një të tillë, Elisabeth Taylor diamantët i kishte pasionin më të madh në jetë. Në 296 objekte të çmuara bën dallim unaza e famshme me diamant të bardhë 69.42 karat, të cilën bashkëshorti i saj Richard Burton e bleu për ikonën e bukurisë hollivudiane. Kjo unazë vlerësohet rreth 3 milionë dollarë. Nuk mund të mos përmendet në këtë koleksion një gjerdan dhe byrzylyk diamantësh të cilën bashkëshorti i marrosur pas Taylor, aktori Burton, ja dhuroi në vitin 1962. Në tërësi, koleksioni i bizhuterive të çmuara është vlerësuar rreth 30 milionë dollarë.

Unaza është objekti që stilohet më së shumti me diamant. Për çiftet amerikane është traditë e njohur unaza e fejesës me gur diamanti. Por cilat janë unazat më të famshme që tërhoqën vëmendjen e mbarë botës?

18 karat safir dhe 14 karat diamante të prera në mënyrë të shkëlqyer përmbante unaza e fejesës që princi Carls i dhuroi Lady Diana Spencer në shkurt të vitit 1980.

Joe DiMaggio me rastin e fejesës kishte porositur për Marilyn Monroe një unazë diamanti 3 karat, por surprizën e kishte ruajtur për martesë kur i dhuroi një unazë me 35 diamante e cila u shit më vonë në ankand me vlerë mbi 500 mijë dollarë.

Një gur diamanti prej 10 karat dhe 28 gurë të tjerë më të vegjël kishte unaza e fejesës që Michael Douglas i dhuroi Catherine Zeta-Jones në vigjilje të Vitit të Ri 1999. Kjo unazë është vlerësuar mes 2 dhe 3 milionë dollarëve.
Para se të paguante 500 mijë dollarë për unazën e gruas së tij të ardhshme Jennifer Garner, Ben Affleck ka paguar 1.2 milionë dollarë për një tjetër Jenniffer. Një unazë diamanti 6.1 karat ishte simboli i fejesës që Afflec kishte zgjedhur në vitin 2002 për Jennifer Lopez.
Kur Ja-Z i dhuroi një unazë diamanti prej 18 karat Beyonces ai gjithashtu i dha një imitim prej 5 mijë dollarësh për ta përdorur në ndonjë rast me qëllim që të mos humbiste e vërteta.
24 karat me vlerë 4.7 milionë dollarë ishte unaza që trashëgimtari i pasur grek Paris Latsis i dhuroi bukuroshe Paris Hilton në vitin 2005. Fejesa, e cila zgjati vetëm 5 muaj, bëri që unaza të shitej në ankand me gjysmën e çmimit dhe paratë shkuan në ndihmë të viktimave të uraganit Katrina.
Edhe David Beckham ka rezervuar unazë me diamante për gruan e tij Victoria. Dizajn i veçantë dhe 5 karat diamante ishte dhurata e ish-mesfushotit të kombëtares angleze të futbollit.

Në Shqipëri

Rritja e mirëqenies ekonomike bëri që këto objekte me histori mbi 5 mijë vjeçare filluan të vlerësohen edhe në vendin tonë. Juli, e cila prej 10 vjetësh punon në një argjendari, tregon historinë e dashurisë së shqiptarëve me diamantet.
“Argjendari Gjikondi ka 20 vjet që operon në treg, po vitet e fundit është vënë re shtimi i interesit për diamantet. Kemi shitur unaza deri në 10 mijë euro”, shprehet Juli.

Duket se shijet po përshtaten gjithnjë e më shumë me të bukurën. Kjo vihet re edhe në zgjedhjen e unazave të fejesës apo martesës që bëjnë shqiptarët.

“Për fejesë zgjidhen unaza solitary, që kanë një gur diamante. Për martesë zakonisht janë rrathët klasik me ndonjë gur diamante”, tregon Juli.

Megjithatë Juli shpjegon se ka edhe një kategorizim në varësi të moshave: “Moshat e mëdhaja pëlqejnë perlat dhe gurët me ngjyrë ndërsa të rinjtë diamantët e bardhë.”

Vlera e diamanteve përcatohet nga pesha e cila matet me karat, prerja, pastërtia dhe ngjyra.

“Diamanti ngjyrë rozë është më i rralli dhe më i kushtueshmi në llojin e gurëve të çmuar. Megjithatë diamantet mund të jenë jeshil, blu, të verdhë, shampanjë dhë të zinj”, thotë Juli.
Megjithëse në Shqipëri flitet me shifra minimale diamantët më të shtrejntë në botë kapin shifra të pabeueshme.

I pari ndër më të bukurit është Diamanti Cullinian me vlerë 400 milion dollarë, i cili në momentin e gjetjes ishte rreth 3106 karat. Pas tij vjen i ashtuquajturi Diamanti i Shpresës që kushton rreth 350 milionë dollarë. Si një kristal i rrallë ai peshon 45.5 karat. Cilësia e përsosur, përmasat e mëdha dhe ngjyra e rrallë e bëjnë këtë diamant të habitshëm, unik dhe të bukur.

Në vendin e tretë me vlerë 100 milionë dollarë renditet Diamanati De Beers Centenary. Kjo bukuri madhështore është vlerësuar me notën D nga GIA, e cila konsiderohet shkalla më e lartë e një diamanti pa ngjyrë që është brenda dhe jashtë i përsosur.

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Saint Valentine in modern times

February 10, 2011 :: Posted by - admin :: Category - Diamonds Al

In 1797, a British publisher issued The Young Man’s Valentine Writer, which contained scores of suggested sentimental verses for the young lover unable to compose his own. Printers had already begun producing a limited number of cards with verses and sketches, called “mechanical valentines,” and a reduction in postal rates in the next century ushered in the less personal but easier practice of mailing Valentines. That, in turn, made it possible for the first time to exchange cards anonymously, which is taken as the reason for the sudden appearance of racy verse in an era otherwise prudishly Victorian.[30]

Paper Valentines became so popular in England in the early 19th century that they were assembled in factories. Fancy Valentines were made with real lace and ribbons, with paper lace introduced in the mid-19th century.[31] In the UK, just under half the population spend money on their Valentines and around 1.3 billion pounds is spent yearly on cards, flowers, chocolates and other gifts, with an estimated 25 million cards being sent.[32] The reinvention of Saint Valentine’s Day in the 1840s has been traced by Leigh Eric Schmidt.[33] As a writer inGraham’s American Monthly observed in 1849, “Saint Valentine’s Day… is becoming, nay it has become, a national holyday.”[34] In the United States, the first mass-produced valentines of embossed paper lace were produced and sold shortly after 1847 by Esther Howland (1828–1904) of Worcester, Massachusetts.[35][36].

Her father operated a large book and stationery store, but Howland took her inspiration from an English Valentine she had received from a business associate of her father.[37][38] Intrigued with the idea of making similar Valentines, Howland began her business by importing paper lace and floral decorations from England.[38][39] The English practice of sending Valentine’s cards was established enough to feature as a plot device in Elizabeth Gaskell‘s Mr. Harrison’s Confessions (1851): “I burst in with my explanations: ‘”The valentine I know nothing about.” ‘”It is in your handwriting,” said he coldly.[40] Since 2001, the Greeting Card Association has been giving an annual “Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary.”[36]

Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.[4] The mid-19th century Valentine’s Day trade was a harbinger of further commercialized holidays in the United States to follow.[41]

In the second half of the 20th century, the practice of exchanging cards was extended to all manner of gifts in the United States. Such gifts typically include roses and chocolatespacked in a red satin, heart-shaped box. In the 1980s, the diamond industry began to promote Valentine’s Day as an occasion for giving jewelry.

The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately 190 million valentines are sent each year in the US. Half of those valentines are given to family members other than husband or wife, usually to children. When you include the valentine-exchange cards made in school activities the figure goes up to 1 billion, and teachers become the people receiving the most valentines.[35] In some North American elementary schools, children decorate classrooms, exchange cards, and are given sweets. The greeting cards of these students sometimes mention what they appreciate about each other.

The rise of Internet popularity at the turn of the millennium is creating new traditions. Millions of people use, every year, digital means of creating and sending Valentine’s Day greeting messages such as e-cardslove coupons or printable greeting cards. An estimated 15 million e-valentines were sent in 2010.[35]

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