most expensive pieces of jewelry in the world

Elegant and noteworthy this rare blue diamond ring is a Bulgari customdesigned ring from a European collector during the 1960s. The owner gave the ring to his wife at an estimated value of $2.9 million. It is considered to be one of the most expensive jewels in the world.

It can be hard to believe how much this green diamond ring costs. It has a selling price of $3.08 million. It was first seen at Sothebys auction of magnificent jewels. It is the single largest diamond ring that has been sold in an auction and the green diamonds weighs around 2.52 carats.

Belonging to Marie Antoinette, the child of Empress Marie Theresa of Austria and Emperor Francis I, the estimated price is at $3.7 million.

This jewel is one of the priciest to ever be sold at an auction. It has a pearshaped Goldconda diamond ring and was presented at Sothebys Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite Autumn sale of 2011. With a selling price of $6.5 million, it is without a doubt one of the most expensive rings in the world.

Coming from the Golconda mines of India, they have also been called the Imperial Cushions because of the cushionshaped diamonds. Each earring is around 23.11 carats and they were first seen in May of 2011 at a Christies Magnificent Jewels Spring Sale in Hong Kong. They were bought by an anonymous bidder for $9.3 million.

During the auction of 2009 this one of a kind blue diamond ring proved to be a crowd favorite at Sothebys semiannual sale in Geneva and was able to fetch a whopping price of $9.69 million.

Containing a 6.01 carat cushionshaped blue diamond as its centerpiece, this ring fetched $10 million dollars at auction by an anonymous bidder.

Going for $11.8 million this diamond came from the mines of South Africa. It comes with a 5carat pink diamond and has been mounted with Graff diamonds to raise the price even more.

Owned by King Edward VIII at one point, this piece of jewelry was sold for $12 million and the buyer was rumored to be Madonna.

Commissioned by German Prince Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck, he gave this tiara as a gift to his second wife Katherine in the year 1900. There are also rumors that this tiara belonged to the wife of Emperor Napoleon III of France. Regardless of passed ownership, however, it contains a row of 11 polished pear shaped emeralds at about 500 carats total and an anonymous bidder paid $12.76 million for it.