Diamond Engagement Rings Specialist

There have been record sales of diamond rings especially at the New York auction of Christie’s last week. Suddenly, there seems to be a renewed interest in the auction of jewellery and in this one, diamond rings were the ones that seemed to draw the most bids. In fact, two of them were sold for over £60,000. In all, the auction pulled in sales of nearly £7 million.

There were two rings that were the stars of the auction. The first was a diamond ring with an over-46 carat diamond in the centre and with two one-carat diamonds which were pear-shaped on either side. The ring was set in platinum. The second was also a diamond and platinum ring and the diamond in the centre was over 10 carats and this too was flanked by two small pear-shaped diamonds.

The other diamond rings that were sold were a colourless 10 carat diamond ring and a yellow diamond ring where the stone was an emerald cut one, surrounded by two diamonds which were trillion cut. Also sold were a pair of yellow diamond earrings where the stones were square cut and set in platinum and gold. This auction seems to have heralded in a great season for Christie’s.

Very valuable pieces of jewellery including a number of diamond rings were stolen from the Leatherhead area last weekend and there has been no trace of the thieves thus far. Apparently, there were five men spotted driving around the area in a Ford Fiesta and the police are still wondering how the thieves managed to gain entry into the house where this jewellery was kept. They are appealing to people, from passers by who might have seen anything to pawn shops, stores and auction houses to come forward with any information they might have concerning the robbery or the stolen goods.

The diamond rings alone were valued at thousands of pounds and among the ones that were stolen, there was one that was shaped like a panther and one that had a ruby set in it. The most expensive diamond ring stolen was valued at £140,000 and it was a platinum ring set with a 5-carat diamond.

The other items that were stolen were a gold Rolex watch, a Cartier chain with a pendant, diamond earrings and platinum chandelier diamond earrings. Also taken were silver and gold coins that had been packed in red boxes. The police are hoping they will be able to unearth some clues soon that will help them to recover the jewellery.

She stunned everyone as she sailed down that red carpet in Munich in a gown that was skin tight and was the focus of every camera there. She has been going from city to city all over the world to promote the film, The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. It’s a round the world promotional tour and Penelope Cruz has been setting hearts and cameras on fire with her many outfits.

In Los Angeles, where she kicked off the tour, she wore a gown, all black and it was set off with some amazing jewellery. There was this 3 carat diamond ring with an emerald cut stone set in platinum and there was also a platinum and diamond bracelet and platinum pave diamond earrings. That was lot of dazzle there.

Then she left for Europe and, as we said, it was a red dress, mermaid-style in Munich and in Moscow, it was a long black sheath dress for a photo session followed by a velvet dress for the premiere. From Russia to London and it was white – a stark, stunning white gown with long sleeves. From there, she and co-star Johnny Depp and the rest of the cast went off to France and the Cannes Festival where the photo shoot saw her in a navy blue dress and for the premiere, it was a sheer gown by Marchesa.

The country singers are now wearing custom-made wedding rings designed by jeweller Johnathon Arndt. Blake and Miranda got married last Saturday. Miranda was the finalist in the show, Nashville Star in 2003 and she and Blake met when she did background vocals for his album. They got engaged last May and they tied the knot this May in Texas, USA.

Miranda already has a stunning engagement ring and the wedding ring was specially designed too by the jeweller who also designed Carrie Underwood’s engagement and wedding rings. The wedding ring is made of platinum and it is an eternity band with 5 carats of diamonds. It has been designed to go with her wedding ring. Blake’s wedding ring is like one of his tattoos and it sports a black diamond on the inside. It is a very unique wedding ring.

For the wedding, Miranda wore diamond earrings and a diamond necklace with her mother’s wedding gown and for the reception she wore a cocktail ring which was black gold set with multi-coloured sapphires. She’s come a long way from her first album Kerosene which got a platinum rating. Since then, she’s had a number of songs that made it to the top of the charts. She and Blake met five years ago and he asked her father’s blessings before he proposed to her last year. There were family members and a number of celebrities at the wedding.

She had her baby and she got a 10-carat diamond ring and that was a ‘push present’ from her boyfriend Rodger Berman. No, not an engagement ring as no doubt people would assume. So if she gets a 10-carat diamond ring when she has a baby, if and when they do get engaged, we’re wondering just how huge the diamond is going to be! When most women have babies, they get flowers – here it’s a lot more but then, most women are not Rachel Zoe, the stylist to many of the top stars on Hollywood.

The diamond ring was a Neil Lane one with a cushion cut diamond and it is valued at around £185,000 and that just tells you just how overjoyed the man was when their son Skyler was born. This was his way of showing Rachel just how happy he was. He told people that he wanted Rachel to be surprised with something huge and he wasn’t talking about a huge bouquet of flowers. The ring is made of platinum and the huge diamond is surrounded by smaller ones.

She seems to have lost a lot of the weight and looks almost like she did before the baby. She was seen strolling around town with Skyler and was at her friend, Victoria Beckham’s baby shower. The Beckhams are expecting a girl after three boys. Eva Longoria and Demi Moore were also at the function.

On Monday at the Heritage Auctions do in New York, there was one huge sale that caught everyone’s attention – the sale of a fancy brown-pink diamond ring. This was the icing on the cake at that particular auction. The diamond ring, set in platinum went for over £220,000. The previews as well as the auction were very well attended and there was multiple bidding with good prices being realised for many of the items.

The auction seems to have been lucky with diamonds and precious stones. There was another diamond ring that was a wonderful item and that was a sapphire and diamond ring. It had a Padparadscha sapphire which are very rare and which used to be mined in Sri Lanka. They are a pinkish-orange colour and are very prized. This one came from John Archer’s property and was set in gold with diamonds. The word means ‘lotus blossom’ and the one sold was totally natural with no work done on it.

The other diamond rings sold were another diamond and platinum ring from the Mary Grace Horlock estate, a platinum and diamond ring and an emerald cut diamond platinum ring. Many of these pieces of jewellery, including a diamond pendant were sold at much more than the pre-auction price. Which is what made the auction such a great success.

Nancy Shevell has been Sir Paul McCartney’s girlfriend for nearly four years now and two weeks ago, he proposed to her with a massive stunner of a diamond ring. The diamond engagement ring cost nearly £400,000 and it has a diamond at the centre which is a round cut and it is set in a platinum band. Obviously, the diamond is large though the design seems to follow the classic style. The wedding date has not been announced but the news is that it’s going to be in the Hamptons, New York because that’s where they met.

Nancy is Barbara Walter’s cousin and she is a New York businesswomen as well as a socialite. Fifty one years to McCartney’s sixty, she is fun loving and loves the outdoors, very much like his first wife Linda did. She is also a breast cancer survivor. His children are also very fond of her, we hear and his daughter Stella is very thrilled. She is the head of her family business which is trucking and hauling and according to reports, she is very rich. Which is why perhaps, there is no pre-nup agreement.

Paul McCartney has been married twice before and while the first one was a very happy marriage which ended sadly with his wife dying, the second was traumatic. A vegetarian, the ex-Beatle is probably thrilled that his fiancée has also turned vegetarian for his sake. Knowing both of them, the wedding will probably be a discreet affair. They’ve both been spotted around town, living it up and obviously very happy.

Jessica Marais, the Australian television star has just finished shooting for a campaign for Linneys jewellers and it is said to be stunning. Earlier, the ones who were the face of Linneys were Ernie Dingo and Melissa George and they apparently chose Jessica just a short while before she announced her engagement. They got engaged in October and of course, it is a Linneys engagement ring that she is wearing.

According to the top honcho in Linneys, she and James Stewart came into their store in Perth together to pick the engagement ring. So there was no hush-hush thing about it – it was all very open and not a secret. So did they pick the ring because she had been signed up? Well, she could hardly wear a ring from another jeweller considering she has just become the visible face of Linneys, can she? And apparently she had quite a bit of say when it came to choosing the ring. And why not, considering she is the one that is going to be wearing it.

As to the engagement ring, the spokesman for Linneys feels that it should be Jessica who should be announcing the details so he won’t say anything except that it is a classic design, very beautiful with a very special diamond. So we’re guessing that he is leaving the intricate details to her to be revealed like how much the diamond weighs, is it platinum or gold or maybe white gold and what shape and cut the diamond is.

Such a good idea actually – a website to find a lost engagement ring. When Karen from Manchester lost her engagement ring, she was so upset that she asked her brother to set up a special website in the hope of getting it back. It happened on Easter Sunday in Heaton Park where she removed her rings to put sunscreen on her little three-year old daughter. That was in the afternoon. When they got home in the evening, she suddenly realised that she had forgotten to put her rings back on again.

The engagement ring was set in platinum and it had a square princess cut diamond. Karen and Mark got engaged three years ago and she says the ring means so much to her and she’s offering £100 to anyone who finds and returns the ring. She had placed them on a low wall – the diamond engagement ring and a cheap ring she wore with it – on a low wall while she applied the sunscreen. When she got home and found they were missing, they hurried back to the park to look for the rings but they weren’t there.

Her brother lives in New York and he’s put up a website for her - lostengagementring.com. They are all hoping that someone who took the rings would see the website and return the rings to her. It isn’t easy losing something so precious especially when you know you have been careless. So many women seem to lose their rings when they remove them to apply cream or sunscreen.

She didn’t make a big to do about it – no big announcement, no press interview. It just so happened that she was on the Today Show and Matt Lauer saw the huge diamond ring on her finger and asked her about it. And Kate said that she was waiting for someone to ask her to announce her engagement. So she’s engaged at last to her baby’s father, Matt Bellamy, frontman of the Muse.

According to Kate, they got engaged last week and they didn’t announce it but just waited till people realized she was wearing an engagement ring. The ring she is wearing is an emerald cut diamond which is around five carats surrounded by baguette diamonds and set in a platinum band. Together, it all seems to add up to around nine carats. Kate was being interviewed about her latest film Something Borrowed which she has been promoting. The film is based on two women who are vying for the attention of one man. The film is set to launch this week and this talented actress, winner of so many awards is looking forward to a period of rest after this.

Kate feels that this pregnancy is different from her first. She has a son from her previous marriage to Chris Robinson called Ryder who is seven years old. This time, she feels, this baby is wild and eager to make its appearance into the world. The baby is due in July.

The price rise seems to have hit all metals and it is not just the price of gold that is flying through the roof. Whatever the precious metal that most people use for engagement rings and wedding rings, the prices are going up, up, up, be it gold, silver, platinum, tungsten or titanium. Which is perhaps why many couples are thinking twice before rushing into an engagement or marriage.

Why is this happening? Economists feel that it’s because the dollar is weakening and people who want to invest and beat inflation are putting their money into these precious metals. Add that to the deficit that a lot of countries, especially in the Western world, are facing and you’ll see why metals are so attractive to anyone who is in the financial business.

So where does that leave couples who wish to get married? Considering there’s a royal wedding on today, more couples will surely want to tie the knot as well in the near future. It’s like engagements and marriages are in the very air we breathe. However, with a tight budget, this might have to be postponed by many because the costs of engagement rings and wedding bands are steadily increasing. With most jewellers having put their prices up, there’s little a couple with a limited spending capacity can do buy wait and hope that the tide turns.