Diamond Engagement Rings Specialist

The 6-carat pure white diamond £200,000 ring will be auctioned at the Bonham’s Fine Jewellery auction slated to take place sometime this month. This auction is expected to be an exceptional one and this art deco ring is to be the stunning centrepiece of the show.

This is a Type IIa diamond and is said to be absolutely brilliant and transparent. The diamond weighs 6.82 carats and is an Asscher-cut one and is said to be flawless with a VVS2 clarity. This is one diamond that is all white – no traces of yellow or any other colour – just what traditionally great diamonds are supposed to be.

Also up for bids at this auction will be Henry Philip Hope’s rare catalogue which was published way back in 1839 where his whole collection of diamonds and pearls and other jewellery has been documented. The catalogue also contains details about the Hope Diamond as well as the Hope Pearl.

There’s been so much written about and whispered about this gorgeous blue diamond – the Hope Diamond. With a name like that, one would thing that good things followed this diamond around. And yet, in spite of its incredible beauty and worth, the history of the Hope Diamond has been littered with tales of treachery, tragedy and teardrops. That’s the shape of the diamond – a perfect teardrop that glistens and dazzles gloriously.

It’s been 50 years since the house of Harry Winston presented the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institute and to celebrate its being there for half a century, it is being taken out of its vault where it lies within a bracket in a display case. For the first time in years, the public have the pleasure of seeing the diamond in its naked glory. The Director of the Institute had it wheeled into a heavily guarded press conference covered with a white cloth – and the cloth was dramatically whipped off to reveal the beautiful blue gem. The diamond that is viewed by over five million people every year. And there was a contest announced too - to select one of three settings for the diamond to be displayed in. The winning one was called ‘Embracing Hope’.