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(IDEX Online) - A British jeweler has created a sapphire and ruby engagement ring that looks just like Haribo's gummi candy.
It's based on the edible friendship ring, a kids' favorite, although at $35,000 it's about 1.25m times the price.
London-based Taylor and Hart launched the ring in time for Valentine's Day. They said the statement piece "harks back to an age of fun, play and being home in time for tea before the street lights come on".
The ring features a 2.70-carat cabochon yellow sapphire a band of 224 custom cut rubies (total weight 3.60-carat) and 40 yellow diamonds set in an 18-carat rose gold band.
Company spokeswoman Kate Earlam-Charnley, said: "This ring is one of the most ambitious we've ever created and definitely one of the most original."
Pic shows the engagement ring with (inset) a Haribo friendship ring...
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(IDEX Online) - A 23.58-ct fancy yellow diamond, set in a platinum and gold ring fetched $325,000 in an online auction by Christie's New York.
The price was above the high estimate of $300,000 in the Christie's Jewels Online that closed yesterday and achieved a total of $2,703,750.
The top lot featured a cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut diamond natural color yellow diamond, of SI1 clarity, with a pair of triangular-cut white diamonds with a combined weight of 2.50 to 2.75 carats.
Christie's said 98 per cent sold by lot and 139 per cent hammer above low estimate. The sale attracted a global audience with bidders from 39 countries and 30 per cent first-time registrants.
Other highlights included a round diamond ring of 4.18-cts that sold for $81,250 and a 'snowflake' diamond medallion necklace by Graff that also achieved $81,250.
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Pic shows the yellow diamond ring...