The Evening Star....

Speaking of Christmas presents...not very long after knocking down the $240,000 per carat Annenberg Diamond, Christies announced the December 10th auction of The Evening Star, yet another humungous rock. Named after the owner's custom of wearing this 39-carat, D-color Golconda diamond to only the most important evening events and galas, The Evening Star, whose sale price is estimated at $3,600,000-$5,500,000 has collectors salivating with anticipation. It's a rare Type IIa diamond, as is the famous 530.20-carat Cullinan and the 105.60-carat Koh-i-noor, both of which belong to the British Crown Jewels. All of them were found in India's legendary Golconda mines and such rare Type IIa diamonds are known for their exceptional optical transparency.
The lady of The Evening Star often wore it as a pendant suspended from a 90-carat necklace of sixty-eight graduated pear-shaped diamonds which is also on the block at an estimated price of $400,000-$600,000. That's how it's shown here but as if that wasn't quite enough glitz, she completed her appearance as a walking chandelier by sporting a matching pair of Type IIa diamond ear pendants of 10.21 and 10.51 carats respectively. Those are estimated to sell at $1,700,000-$2,500,000.
The question that comes to mind is, now that she's selling off all that ice, what is she going to wear for an encore?
Images courtesy of Christies Images...