Last week, an 18-karat gold Rolex was put up for sale by RR Auction – but this wasn’t just any ordinary 18-karat gold Rolex. The watch belonged to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, given to him by the famed watchmaker in 1951. However, bids didn’t quite cut it. The seller, Raleigh DeGeer Amyx Collection, set an undisclosed reserve (the lowest […]

Ladies, how much are you willing to spend on a handbag? While some draw the line at a couple hundred bucks, others may be more willing to splurge – but would you pay six figures? Hermes Birkin bags are among the most coveted handbags in the world, with the average price tag at around $10,000. This […]

Each year, Rio Tinto, the second largest diamond mining company in the world, hosts the Argyle Pink Diamonds Tender. This year, the collection consists of 55 diamonds – 51 pink and purplish red diamonds, and four Fancy Red diamonds. Fancy Red diamonds are extremely rare. So rare, that only 13 have been featured in the annual […]

A mine in southern Africa known for producing large and exceptional diamonds is at it again. Mining firm Gem Diamonds announced that it discovered a 198-carat, type IIa white diamond at the Letseng mine at the end of last month. Gem Diamonds owns 70% of the mine, located in the Maluti mountains in Lesotho, in 2006, and […]

A professor and a group of astronomers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have discovered a white dwarf star estimated to be 11 billion years old. White dwarfs were at one time similar to our own sun, but have shrunk and faded over billions of years. What makes this specific star so remarkable is the fact […]