"Hope" diamond weighs 1 125 carats. It originated in India and was stolen. It was shipped to France and bought by a jeweler. Because this diamond was so famous, it was later known by King Louis XIV of France and he bought it. Louis XIV carved it into two heart-shaped diamonds, each weighing 67 carats, and called it "the blue diamond in the crown". After the death of Louis XIV, he was succeeded by Louis XVI and Mary Anthony. 1789 bourgeois revolution broke out in France, Louis XVI and
The Queen was guillotined, and this "Hope" diamond was confiscated by the government and sealed with other royal treasures.
1792 "Hope" diamond was stolen again, once disappeared, and it did not reappear in London until 1830. At this time, the diamond weighs 44.5 carats. It was bought by British industrialist Henderson Harper at a high price of 90 thousand pounds. He was succeeded by Francis Harper. However, it was not long before his successor Francis Harper went bankrupt.
After bankruptcy, diamonds flowed into Eastern Europe. A prince once gave it to an actress. A few years later, the actress was shot by the prince. Later, this diamond was once owned by a wealthy Greek businessman, but he was killed in a terrible air crash. The diamond immediately fell into the hands of Turkish Sultangamid II. Only nine months after he got the diamond, the 1909 Youth Turkish Party staged a military coup and the Sudan was ousted.
Mrs Evelyn Willesee Mahlin was the first American to have a "diamond of hope". She made it into a necklace consisting of 62 white diamonds, which was processed by the famous French jeweler Bayuer Karti. Mrs. Machlin paid 654.38 million+800,000. Even when she was wearing this priceless necklace to show off her wealth, she didn't want to be unlucky: her two sons died one after another and her husband became mentally ill.
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After Mrs Machlin died in 1947, jeweler Harry Winston bought all her jewels, including "Hope" diamonds. Perhaps he is afraid of all kinds of bad luck that his predecessors encountered. 1958, he donated all his jewels to the American Sammis Su Dog Association.