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Montblanc Prince Rainier III Limited Edition 81 Pen

The Montblanc pen shown above was displayed on Thursday night in Monaco at a VIP charity gala honoring Prince Rainier III of Monaco and attended by his son Prince Albert and a bevy of beauties that included Helena Christiansen and Eva Green. The Prince Rainier III Limited Edition 81is limited to only 81 pieces (Rainier was 81 when he died in 2005). Half of the sales of the been will go to the Foundation Princess Grace. The pen is a skeletonized fountain-pen of 18K white gold decorated with diamonds and ruby-studded lozenges to mimic the red-white lozenges on the shield of the Grimaldi coat of arms. It includes 996 diamonds cut with facets and 92 rubies which form a network that inner workings of the writing instrument can be seen through. 19 more rubies surround the clip ring on the cap and the 18K gold nib is set with two rubies. The pen is worth 200,000 euros.

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Jeans Mogul Buys Massive Diamond

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry, Auctions, Celebrity Shopping

The jeans business has been really good to Guess? clothing company founder Georges Marciano. The proof of that was on display when Marciano spent just under $16.2 million for the largest top-quality, brilliant-cut white diamond ever to appear at auction at Sotheby's on Wednesday. The price ws just shy of the $16.5 million record set for a 100.1 carat stone in 1995. The stone is a D-color stone with flawless clarity and cut, polish, and symmetry all graded excellent and clocks in at a healthy 84.37 carats. The auction took place at the Beau Rivage hotel in Geneva, Switzerland and brought in just under $57 million in total sales. Mariciano, who bid by phone, has named his diamond after his daughter Chloe. The stone was owned by Ron Cohen, the owner of the Los Angeles-based Clean Diamonds, who bought it from Angola's national diamond company two years ago.

[Thanks, Lana!]

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