The Patiala necklace is a necklace made by House of Cartier in 1928. It was made for Bhupinder Singh from Patiala, who is the Emperor of the state of Patiala.
The necklace contains 2,930 diamonds, including the core being the seventh largest diamond in the world at the time, "De Beers". The diamond has a pre-cut weight of 428 carats, and weighs 234.65 carats in its final setting. The necklace also contains seven other large diamonds ranging from 18 to 73 carats, and a number of Burmese rubies.
The necklace disappeared from the Royal Treasury of Patiala around 1948.
In 1982, at Sotheby's auction in Geneva, the diamond "De Beers" reappeared. There, bidding rose to $ 3.16 million, but it is unclear whether it meets the reserve price.
In 1998, some of those necklaces were found in a jewelry store in London by Eric Nussbaum, a Cartier associate. The remaining large gems are lost, including Burmese rubies and 18 to 73 carat diamonds mounted on a pendant. Cartier bought an incomplete necklace and, after four years, returned it to resemble the original. They replaced lost diamonds with cubic zirconia and synthetic diamonds, and installed original "De Beers" diamond replicas.
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