Sunday, May 31, 2009
10.97-carat Asscher cut diamond appeared on Ebay. The seller wanted $100,000 for the opening bid. The stone's clarity was VS-2 and the color grade was "N", slightly yellow. :) Here is what they had to say about it: The ring’s value was stated to be $500,000 on NBC’s The Today Show prior to the Oscars. This exaggerated price was for shock value, and there are certainly some stores that might try to sell the ring at that inflated price. At Mednikow, this ring would sell for a fair price of $125,000.
Celebrity Quotient: Stockard Channing, in character as the First Lady on the hit show The West Wing wore this exact ring to her character’s birthday party in a recent episode. This same ring also traveled to the 2002 Oscars, adorning the finger of Sharon Stone. More recently, Jane Fonda has worn this ring to recent GCAPP (Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention) events.
With the current resurgence in popularity of things antique, the Royal Asscher has been seen quite often in the recent past on the fingers and ears of celebrities and fashion-forward people. Sarah Jessica Parker received a Royal Asscher diamond as an engagement ring on the hit TV show Sex in the City, the Asscher cut is also the engagement ring choice of Kate Hudson, Courtney Thorne-Smith and Reese Witherspoon.
