Farnese Blue diamond
The pear-shaped, 6.16-carat, fancy dark grey-blue stone — originally given to Queen Elisabeth Farnese of Spain as a wedding gift following her marriage to King Philip V in 1714 — has spent 300 years in the private collection of Europe’s royal families. The diamond will go under the hammer at the Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels auction on May 15 with an estimated price of $3.7 million to $5.3 million. Originating in the Golconda mines of India, it has traveled from Spain to France, Italy and Austria over the last three centuries.
The family kept the diamond in a secret royal casket, and, other than family members and the royal jewelers, no one knew of its existence.
“With its incredible pedigree, the Farnese Blue ranks among the most important historic diamonds in the world,” said Philipp Herzog von Württemberg, chairman of Sotheby’s Europe and managing director of Sotheby’s Germany.
Queen Elisabeth passed the Farnese Blue to her son Philip, duke of Parma, whose son Ferdinand inherited it and passed it to his son Louis I, king of Etruria. Louis’s grandson, Charles II, duke of Lucca, passed it to his grandson, Robert I, the last ruling duke of Parma, who took the stone from Italy to Austria. He then mounted the stone on a diadem that had belonged to his mother, Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois. Upon the death of Robert I, the stone passed to his son Elias of Bourbon, duke of Parma. His wife, Maria Anna von Habsburg — who died in 1940 — recorded the stone’s history.
The Farnese Blue will appear at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, London, New York, Singapore and Taipei, before coming to Geneva for display prior to the sale.
estimated price of $3.7 million to $5.3 million
Credit to the Rapaport news and Sotheby's
wow . I am from the region of Golconda. I mean Hyderabad. it is said to be "KOHINOOR diamond". worlds most costliest diamond :). without knowing its importance a king used it as a pair weight :(.
Amazing story! I did not knot this about the Kohinoor diamond, thank you.
Really very nice but its price is very expensive
Well chosen article you are a wonderful person and successful
Wow its really beautiful and amazing Blue Diamond. I appreciate your work. Wish you avery happy and bright future.
Woww what a interesting post . Congratulations @bernardino 😊
this is a good story @bernardino, not everyone knows about this, because it's a historical relic, thank you for sharing.😊
Very interesting post, thanks for taking the time to write it.
Great post @bernardino
I just resteemed.
It's absolutely crazy how something so tiny can be valued / worth so much money. Just mind-blowing!
Blue diamonds are extremely rare! they are blue because they have trace elements of Boron in their crystalline lattice structure. Also to think that diamonds are between 1-3 Billion years old is also mind boggling.
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