Laurence Graff, eponomous founder of Graff Diamonds(previously mentioned) is not a man known for understatement. At the recent TEFAF (The European Fine Arts Fair, I know you're not supposed to include articles in acronyms, but...), in Maastricht Graff unveiled this peacock-form broach, said to be the most expensive broach made in recent memory.
It consists of 1,305 diamonds, totalling 120.81 ct. Moving out from the central 20ct blue stone (about 1/2 the size of the Hope diamond) is a fan of white and colored diamonds, including pink, yellow, orange and the rarely-seen green. Since even prices need to make a statement, the asking price is $100,000,000 (but I'm sure there's room to haggle)
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