Elvis’ Ring up for Auction

Elvis Presley remains one of the most bankable names, when it comes to celebrity collectibles. The Upcoming Signature Music and Entertainment at Heritage Auction, Beverly Hills features Elves Presley’s Star Sapphire Ring along with many other celebrity items such as Marlyn Monroe’s Long Underwear and Beatles ‘Butcher’ cover records.

This nugget ring with black star sapphire was one of King’s favorite. The 14K Yellow Gold has also. Elvis was often seen wearing this ring in the 1970’s, after which he gifted it to his tour promoter, Tom Hulett. The ring is estimated to be worth $15,000.

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Kate Middleton – Get the Royal Look

Since the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton, Kate has become overnight fashion icon. Whatever outfit she is seen wearing is sold out within few hours.

Especially the whole ensemble that Middleton wore in their engagement announcement has many women going crazy. The $615 blue Issa dress that she wore was sold out in less than 24 hours world over.

Ingenue’s ‘Pipita’ is a neat replica of this dress available for just $160.82. But more than any outfit or hat she wore, what became an instant rage in women was the Princess Diana’s engagement ring that Prince William gave to Kate Middleton. This 18 carat blue sapphire engagement ring has given a new color to engagement rings.

Replica of Princess Diana’s engagement ring can be found at Angara.com (a leading online diamond and gemstone jewelry portal). The ring is available in various stone qualities and sizes. So that everyone can have a piece of royalty at a price they are comfortable with.

Super Bowl Ring

They say Super Bowl teams don’t just fight for the Lombardi Trophy, the winners even get to wear some really fancy rings. The NFL pays for about 150 rings to be given to the winner team (including the players, staff, owners).

The ring shown above was given to the winners of the Super Bowl last year. The Super Bowl XLIV Championship0 rings for the New Orleans Saints were designed by famous New York Jeweler Tiffany & Co.

These rings also feature fleur-de-lis logo of New Orleans Saints with round diamonds. On the side of the ring is inscribed ‘World Champions’ in yellow gold and 16 diamonds signifying the number of games the team won in the series.

If you find these Super Bowl Rings fascinating, do browse through the ESPN’s special section on Super Bowl Rings with some really interesting ring stories.

15.98 Carat Harry Winston Diamond rings tops the Sotheby’s Auction

 

Sotheby’s Important Jewelry Auction achieved 8,897,278 against the presale estimates between $6.8 to $9 million.

The main attraction of the auction was the 15.98 carat Harry Winston emerald cut diamond ring in platinum which scored $662,500. Next scored a 3.52 carat platinum round diamond ring which sold for $290,500.

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