When the French state scandalously sold off most of its crown jewels, Tiffany bought a third of them. A brooch made with 125 diamonds set in gold and silver that Empress Eugénie ordered from the ...

In 1887, the French crown jewels were publicly sold to the highest bidders in what was regarded as the auction of the century. Exquisite ruby, emerald, and diamond jewels and tiaras that were worn ...

For example, 3-D resin models of the 3,106-carat Cullinan diamond and nine of the ... of what was left of the original crown jewels, dating from the Middle Ages (a survivor was a 12th-century ...

Displayed as part of the museum’s larger collections of crowns, coronation regalia and other royal jewels dating from the middle ages, the two controversial diamonds are the key attractions of ...

That magnificent hair, piled high and clasped by diamond decorations like a Christmas ... Louis XVI ascended the throne in 1774, the French Crown Jewels were already among the most magnificent ...

London - A large diamond brooch that was once part of the French crown jewels went under the hammer for almost 1.5 million pounds (two million dollars, 2.45 million euros) in London Wednesday.

The crown sparkles with nearly 3,000 stones - including 2,868 diamonds ... and author of The Crown Jewels, Anna Keay. She says historically, right back to the Middle Ages, crowns were viewed ...

Charles III will be crowned Saturday with the centuries-old St. Edward’s Crown, a piece of the Royal Family’s famous Crown Jewels ... and The Koh-I-Noor Diamond Camilla will use Queen Mary ...