In November, you will be able to buy this 59.6 carat flawless pink diamond at a Sotheby's auction for an estimated $60 million. Can't wait until then for an anniversary present? There's more!
Go back to your seat, climate change; according to the FBI, there's a new force to blame for the rapid disappearance of Earth's ice: former Tiffany & Co. executive Ingrid Lederhaas-Okun, who was arrested Tuesday morning at her home in Darien, Connecticut for allegedly stealing more than 165 pieces of Tiffany jewelry before leaving the company in February.
The Cannes Film Festival, where movie stars get to prance joyfully along the French Riviera, will have a little less glimmer this year, after thieves stole more than a million dollars worth of jewelry that was to be worn by celebrities.
Over the summer, ten pieces of Cartier jewelry were stolen from the NYC brownstone of professional actress and redhead Julianne Moore. The items were valued at $127,000. No arrests have been made. Luckily, the New York Times' on the scene reporter has rounded up a few suspects.
It's been a pretty heist-filled holiday season in New York! First, the $1 million art heist; then on Christmas day, three masked men stole $879,000 worth of jewels from a diamond store, escaping by jumping roof-to-roof.
This 24.78-carat "fancy intense pink" diamond just sold for $46 million at a Swiss auction, making it the most expensive jewel ever sold. It's okay, though! The birthstone necklace you bought at a truck stop is very pretty, too.
Could there be a more perfect fusion of violence and capitalism than the bejeweled, gold-encrusted, 31-weapon arsenal uncovered by the Mexican Attorney General's office in a raid this week? Also, could there be anything more tacky? Click for more pictures.
Paris Hilton robbed of $2 million worth of jewels. [LAT]
