Tuesday, December 16, 2008

RECORD PRICE PAID FOR A ROYAL DIAMOND

The Wittelsbach Diamond: An historic 17th Century cushion-shaped deep grayish blue, diamond.
High price of the week: A 35.56-carat blue diamond that belonged to German royalty sold for $24.3 million in London. That is the most ever paid for a diamond at auction.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

AND WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN A RECESSION? WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Honey" said...

All that money for a shiny blue rock!!!

Anonymous said...

It saddens me to think how many NEEDY families that money could have helped instead of being wasted on something that helps know one at all and just adds to the wealth of someone that TRULY needs no more...