The Kroc Collection To Be Auctioned At Christie's

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Mar 15th 2006 at 10:05AM

Wow, those burgers sure paid off. The latest Magnificent Jewels sale from Christie's in New York on April 11 will include the collection of Joan Kroc, the wife of McDonald's founder, Ray Kroc. Check out the beautiful necklace shown here, the most expensive piece in the Kroc collection. The pear-shaped fancy intense yellow diamond is a 42.13 carat gobstopper. It hangs from a pear and circular-cut diamond two-row necklace mounted in platinum and 18K gold. This red-carpet-worthy beauty is a Harry Winston and is estimated to sell for $1 to $1.5 million. Other treats in the auction include a rare blue-gray diamond ring surrounded by pink diamonds and an unmounted 50-plus carat diamond ready to be mounted in the setting of your choice.

[via Diamonds.net]

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