Category Archives: Diamonds

The Star of Josephine

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When something is scare and unique enough, people will pay a premium for it, whether there’s a recession on or not. This was eminently clear with the recent sale of the ‘Star of Josephine’, the 7.03 carat flawless blue diamond that sold at auction for £6.2 million earlier this month. It was the highest ever price paid per carat for a diamond at auction according to Sotheby’s. The buyer, Hong Kong property developer Joseph Lau Luen-Hung, named the diamond after purchasing it.

iDiamond – Ipod

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Mp3 players have become a part of our life. Well, how about the most expensive player? – The iDiamond
The Player: iDiamond
Creator: Norwegian Jewellery designer, Thomas Heyerdahl
Features: The iDiamond consists of 312 diamonds on the player itself while another 118 diamonds on the earphones. This luxurious mp3 player is also made with 18 karat white and pink gold.
Retail Price: $41,000 dollars

Mercedes Benz & Swarovski crystals

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Let me introduce to you all another luxurious item, and this time round presenting to you all the custom made Mercedes SL600. This Mercedes differ from the others by its outlook, which is studded with 300,000 Swarovski crystals. Of course, such luxurious product has a special name too, named the Luxury Crystal Benz.

Crystal-encrusted toilet

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Having recently spotted a diamond-encrusted skull (Damien Hirst’s For the Love of God) and a diamond-encrusted Mercedes-Benz (with diamond-encrusted gear shift), this Swarovski crystal-encrusted toilet seems almost common. Almost.
With 50,000 hand-set crystals, it’s one way to bring a little (rather a lot of) sparkle and shine into your bathroom. But the creation, from Jemal Wright’s Isis Collection, “only” costs $75,000. It isn’t as though this thing is covered with diamonds. But what if it were?
Recently Rapaport held an auction of certified diamonds, with prices per diamond ranging from under $4,000 to $12,000. If we to cover such a commode with 50,000 diamonds costing an average of $6,000, we’d have a toilet costing $300 million in diamonds alone. Damien Hirst’s skull only sold (reportedly) for $100 million.
If ‘For the Love of God’ juxtaposes mortality and eternity, what would a diamond-encrusted toilet mean?