Choosing a piece of jewelry for ourselves or for a gift, we very often ask ourselves the question: what is the most expensive necklace in the world, who wears such luxury, and how many millions of money can a product cost?
It is obvious that the expensive jewelry belongs to the most famous people on the planet. But few people think that every piece has a story, a series of the most unpredictable and exciting stories that are attached to jewelry, from the moment of its creation to the present day. So today we are with you and talk about what neck jewelry is considered the most indecently expensive in the whole world?
The most expensive necklaces in the world
To begin with, we will tell you about the most famous and expensive necklaces in the world. There are two of them. Someone prefers white diamonds, while others put green jadeites in the first place. What is the peculiarity of the first decoration and the remarkableness of the second, we will find out today.
Superb diamond riviere
One of the most beautiful and most expensive necklaces is considered to be a magnificent piece of jewelry called Superb Diamond Riviere. This necklace is set with round colorless diamonds weighing 104,84 carats in total. In total, 52 precious stones are inserted into the accessory. They say that at one time in the fall of 2013, this jewelry masterpiece made a splash at a Hong Kong auction called Christie's. The Superb Diamond Riviere sold for $ 8,14 million at this event.
From a design point of view, this ordinary necklace, which does not cause everyone's delight, attracts little attention of the ordinary passer-by. But the snag of the jewelry is that this particular piece of jewelry is made of the most, for whatever it is, real diamonds grown by nature. Rumor has it that the master had to collect stones for this product for more than one year in order for them to differ minimally in color, shine, transparency and other indicators.
Real diamonds have always excited the minds of women and the wallets of wealthy men. Therefore, experts highly appreciated even a simple design, but exceptionally high-quality jewelry.
Hatton Mdivani
But diamonds are not always the most expensive stones. The second expensive necklace is called Hatton-Mdivani. It is made of jadeite by the famous Cartier jewelry house. It is said that the jewelry was owned by Barbara Hutton, the granddaughter of the merchant magnate F.W. Woolworth, as well as the Georgian princess Mdivani. According to legend, the last mentioned owner, having gone broke, threw the jewelry under the bed, trying to hide it from the bailiffs.
The Hatton-Mdivani necklace is worth approximately US $ 30 million.
The necklace consists of 27 beads cut from grassy green jadeite. A notable detail is the clasp made of two alloys: gold and platinum. The lock is decorated with diamonds and rubies set in precious metals.
Jadeite is a fairly expensive stone. Imperial jade is similar in value to emeralds and pink diamonds.
The most beautiful necklaces in the world
Opinions were slightly divided about this "very" decoration. Therefore, we have selected several necklace options for you, and you can already choose the most flawless for yourself.
L'Incomparable Diamond Necklace
One of the most expensive necklaces in the world costs, according to experts, appraisers in the range of $ 500 million to $ 1 billion. Yes, we agree with you, the amount is simply mind-boggling. It was at $ 1 billion that the product of Geneva jewelers under the romantic name L'Incomparable Diamond Necklace was estimated. Such an obscenely expensive piece of jewelry can only be worn once or twice in a lifetime, at the most memorable and important events.
You will ask why? Obviously, a beautiful woman with such a necklace should be guarded by a whole regiment of professional security guards. The name of the necklace is translated into Russian as “Incomparable diamond necklace”. The jewelry consists of 91 diamonds of various shapes and weighs 637 carats. The stones are framed in 18K rose gold. Such a decoration is ideal for any woman, as it plays, shimmers in the light, adopting the personality of its mistress.
In the very center of L'Incomparable Diamond Necklace is a 407-carat diamond of languid yellow or, as some say, honey in color. The stone is called "Incomparable". This jewel was found in 1980 by a little girl in the Congo. It is said that one wonderful day a child was just playing with a pile of stones in the vicinity of a diamond mine and found this amazing object. It is clear that the girl herself could not separate the precious stone from simple minerals. But the group of adults who came for the child immediately noticed something special. So the child managed to "slightly" replenish the family's budget. In its original form, the diamond weighed more than 900 carats, but after some processing and cutting, the diamond got its current weight.
Heritage in Bloom by Chow Tai Fook
Once a well-known brand called Chow Tai Fook from the famous Hong Kong city commissioned jeweler Wallace Chan to make a necklace from cut diamonds from a Cullinan Heritage diamond weighing 507,55 carats. As a result, a necklace called Heritage in Bloom was born, which translates into Russian as “Blooming Heritage”.
Externally, the product consists of two strands of diamonds. In the center, there is a 104-carat central insert, adorned with green and white jadeite. According to the description provided by Chow Tai Fook, there is not a single flaw in the structure of the largest stone, and the quality of the cut is assigned the highest, third, category, which makes it one of the largest stones with such characteristics.
Each strand of the necklace is decorated with its own pendants. On the larger one there are 6 pendants, three on each side of the central insert. The smaller one has four pendants and one more large insert. On the back side of the necklace there are adornments with two lovely butterflies, which bring an unrivaled beauty zest, making the product simply unique in its kind.
The peculiarity of Heritage in Bloom is that the necklace can be worn in 27 different ways.
The description also notes that this piece includes the entire family of diamonds derived from the original diamond, which is "an exceptional artistic solution for contemporary jewelry." In total, the necklace is adorned with several thousand colorless and hundreds of pink diamonds weighing 383,4 carats. The necklace depicts a bat that brings good luck and a butterfly that symbolizes eternal love.
In total, the necklace took 47000 hours to make, or just over 5 years.
A little about the wizard for the curious. The creator of this masterpiece, Wallace Chan, is today considered one of the greatest contemporary jewelers in Asia. As a teenager at 17, he founded his own gem cutting company in 1987. Also in the line of advantages of Chan is the Wallace Cut cut, developed by a specialist. Due to this method of processing, an amazing effect of refraction of the space inside the stone is created, which reveals the enormous potential of diamonds. Moreover, Chan was the first Chinese jeweler to be honored to perform at the headquarters of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). In 2012 and 2014, the master became the first (and only) Asian jeweler to be invited to the prestigious Biennale des Antiquaires exhibition in Paris.
The most expensive beads in the world
The history of this decoration is connected with our valiant cinema. You probably know about the modern film adaptation of the novel by Russian writer Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy, which was released in 2012. The famous actress Keira Knightley was filmed in this film. If you don't know, but this girl has long been a fan of the Chanel fashion house. When they started filming the adaptation of Anna Karenina, Kira suggested turning to this particular brand for making jewelry.
Chanel jewelers have released a whole collection of products for filming, which is called Haute Joaillerie. This includes necklaces of diamonds and pearls, earrings and brooches. But the most expensive item was the beads, which received the name Camelia Poudre. At that time, the price of the jewelry was $ 2. Although today experts say that, taking into account the release of the film, the indicated amount can be doubled, or even tripled. Only 000 diamonds with a total weight of 000 carats were used to create the beads.
To say that this piece of jewelry is beautiful beads is to say nothing. The product consists of three threads, decorated with two large flowers. In the center of each of the buds is a large diamond surrounded by five leaves. The product is made in white tones, so it will adequately decorate a dress of any style and color. Only the most beautiful girls in the world are worthy of wearing such a miracle of the jewelry industry, but it takes an incredible amount of money to protect a neck accessory in an hour.
If a chance comes along, do not be stingy and try to see such beauty somewhere at the exhibition with your own eyes. Yes, the ticket will cost fabulous money, but we guarantee you a huge number of impressions.
