Princess Diana's Engagement Ring: The Ceylon Sapphire That Changed Royal Jewelry Forever
A 12-carat Ceylon sapphire, chosen from a jeweler’s catalog by a twenty-year-old woman who knew exactly which blue she wanted — and...
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The art of capturing light in metal-free enamel — the painstaking Art Nouveau technique that gives jewelry the translucency of a cathedral...
Read → 21 Jun 2026The Star of India Sapphire: The 563-Carat Gem Stolen in the Heist That Stunned New York
The Star of India sapphire — a 563.35-carat cabochon from ancient Ceylon, donated to the American Museum of Natural History by J.P....
Read → 20 Jun 2026 · FabergéThe Fabergé Egg: Eight Missing, One Found at a Flea Market — The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History
Eight Imperial Fabergé Eggs remain missing to this day. The story of a lost treasure bought for scrap at a US flea...
Read → 20 Jun 2026 · Famous PieceThe Taylor-Burton Diamond: The Stone That Started a Bidding War on Live Television
In 1969, a 69-carat pear-shaped diamond became the first gem sold at public auction for over a million dollars — and Richard...
Read → 20 Jun 2026 · Cullinan DiamondThe Cullinan Diamond: The Greatest Stone Ever Found and the Secret That Kept It Safe
The story of the 3,106-carat Cullinan Diamond — the largest gem-quality stone ever found — and the extraordinary decoy operation that brought...
Read → 19 Jun 2026 · Cursed DiamondThe Cursed Diamond: A Survey of History's Most Feared Gems
From the Hope Diamond's blood-soaked journey out of Golconda to the Delhi Purple Sapphire's warning note sealed in seven locked boxes, Eleanor...
Read → 16 Jun 2026 · Famous PiecesThe Koh-i-Noor Diamond: The Mountain of Light Four Nations Still Claim
The 300-year story of the Koh-i-Noor diamond — a stone looted, swapped, recut, and still claimed by four nations.
Read → 15 Jun 2026 · Hatton Garden HeistThe Hatton Garden Heist: How a Gang of Aging Thieves Pulled Off Britain's Biggest Burglary
Over one Easter weekend in 2015, a band of aging career criminals drilled through half a meter of concrete and emptied a...
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