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| Displaying Jewelry Anecdotes: 60 Found |
Poetic Justice
In December 2002, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin delivered a c...
Piece of Luck
In April 2003, in a bid to bring happiness and good luck to his country in a tim...
Crime Ring
Comedian Gene Baylos once took a memorable trip to crime-infested Atlantic City:...
Scarf Pin
J. P. Morgan once commissioned a pearl scarf pin from an exclusive jeweler. The ...
Barry Gibb: Engagement Ruse
"Bee Gees frontman Barry Gibb got into girls. His standard pick-up line was that...
Queen Mary: Ikon
Toward the end of her life, Queen Mary (wife of George V) came to possess a Russ...
Girl's Best Friend
The London hostess Mrs. Ronald Greville was noted as much for her vanity as for ...
Pearls Before Wine
Alice Vanderbilt, lunching one day at the old Ambassador Hotel, with her son Reg...
Josephine's Bracelet
In 1929, Crown Prince Adolf of Sweden visited Josephine Baker in her dressing ro...
Karat or Stick?
Princess Margaret found Elizabeth Taylor's enormous diamond ring rather offensiv...
Goodness Mae
Mae West was famed for her quick wit and saucy tongue. "Goodness, Mae," a friend...
Stone's Stones
During a publicity tour for Sliver in 1993, Harry Winston loaned Sharon S...
Pearl of Wisdom
"Mrs. Havemeyer, whose collection of paintings is today the pride of New York's ...
Bill Kazmaier: Celebrity Ch...
In 2004, three-time 'World's Stongest Man' title-holder Bill Kazmaier endorsed a...
Ben Affleck: Big Spender
In 2003, Ben Affleck bought Jennifer Lopez (his fiance at the time) a special gi...
Liberace's Rings
The legendary pianist Liberace was famed for his flamboyant outfits and the garg...
Natalie Portman: The Necklace
During the production of Closer (2004), Natalie Portman gave co-star Juli...
All That Sparkles... (long)
"A notorious tiepin was once flaunted by Barney Barnato, the cockney 'card' who ...
Golden Bathroom
Noted Asian jeweler Lam Sai-Wing once spent $3 million on a golden bathroom to d...
Wealthy Woman
Although most of Cornelia's children died young, Tiberius and Gaius both grew to...
When in Rome...?
"Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, made history when she made a bet [with Mark Antony, ...
Pearls of Wisdom?
When Jane Fonda was a student at Vassar (then strictly a women's college), she r...
Soothing Beerbohm?
When he was a schoolboy, Max Beerbohm's mother came to visit him one day at Char...
1670 Marriage Act
In 1670, the British Parliament under Charles II passed the following remarkable...
Golden Boy
During a guest appearance on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" one evening, Mr. T ...
Ring Around the Collar?
Chicago Bears defensive tackle William "The Refridgerator" Perry was, not surpri...
Elvis P?
'Mike D' once cited Elvis as a key influence on the Beastie Boys. The king's "bi...
Vienna Opera
"Once [Birgit Nilsson] was negotiating a contract with Herbert von Karajan, at t...
Mans Best Friends?
In 1946, in celebration of his 60th year as their leader, the Ismaili sect of th...
Golden Boy?
Houston Cougars coach John Jenkins was widely admired by his team's players. "He...
Diamond Jim
Having worked his way up from a bellboy and messenger, famed financier Diamond J...
Tycho's Nose
Though quarrelsome and arrogant, the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was one of th...
Watch This...
The film producer Joseph Levine once presented a magnificent gold watch to Marce...
Cleaving to the Point?
An actress of Sophie Arnould's acquaintance was once given a very long diamond n...
Harvey Weinstein & the Star...
The production delays on Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York were a sourc...
Madness of King Charles
For his assistance to Cromwell in the English Civil War, Thomas Blood was awarde...
Happiness?
While window-shopping in the south of France one day, noted psychologist Andrew ...
Royal Concert
In November 1963, John Lennon and the Beatles gave a Royal Variety performance i...
Chi
Elvis Presley, a very spiritual person, always wore a Christian cross, a Star of...
Morally Bankrupt?
"Mike Tyson revealed that he is broke after losing 300 million dollars," Conan O...
Double Surprise
While vacationing in the Caribbean (on St. Martin) in 1979, Aerosmith frontman S...
Rock & Chain
Shortly after the birth of their first child in August 2000, Michael Douglas arr...
Bling Bling!
"Everything was big," Ludacris recalled of his video for "Stand Up." "Big turnta...
Sarah Polley & the Walt Dis...
One day during the Gulf War, Sarah Polley attended a children's awards show in W...
Christian Klien: Diamond Heist
Shortly before the Monaco Grand Prix in May 2004, a $200,000 button-sized diamon...
Vice President Dick Tranny?
In 2004, the White House's annual financial disclosure of gifts revealed that Vi...
Feodor Dostoyevsky: Second ...
"[At the Black Forest resort Baden-Baden] Tolstoy wagered and whored away much o...
Affirmative Message
Elton John once commissioned a $12,000 ring encrusted with diamonds set to spell...
New Age Treatment
Over the course of his career, Jim Carrey tried to mellow himself out with "ever...
Ruby Cross
In October 2002, David Gest celebrated his seven-month wedding anniversary with ...
Eureka Moment
The tyrant Hiero of Syracuse once approached Archimedes seeking a solution to an...
Rodman's Nose
Dennis Rodman's array of piecings did not inspire universal admiration. "He has ...
Whitehurst Hurt
"The latest tragic victim of a hitherto unknown footballing injury is Peter Whit...
Dog Tag
One day around New Years 2003, The New Yorker's Tad Friend visited direct...
Necklace
During his last Anger Management show at Milton Keynes in June 2003, Eminem resp...
Nipple-Piercing Party
"Britney Spears threw Hollywood's MOST titillating Valentine's Day bash," Mojo R...
Brian Wilson: Diamond Pin
In February 2005, former Beach Boys frontman Brian Wilson wore a $2.5 million do...
Model Wedding
Alexandra Paul's September 2000 wedding to fellow actor Ian Murray was a model o...
Maximinus
"Embodying the Roman taste for pomp and opulence, the size of certain rings coul...
John Neville
The esteemed stage actor John Neville was once interviewed by the theatre critic...
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