"Don't wear one ring, wear five or six. People ask how I can play with all those rings, and I reply, "Very well, thank you."
Before there was bling, there was Liberace. Liberace was famous for his rhinestone capes and his flamboyant jewelry. One of his most prized pieces was recently available on eBay. His custom-made Piaget watch is in the shape of a piano and covered in diamonds and blue sapphires. The watch is one of two custom piano watches that Liberace had made and the other is in the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas. The watch is 14K gold with a platinum handcrafted piano case set with 60 diamonds and 10 sapphires.

Liberace Piano Watch

 

The famed Algonquin hotel, where the Round Table once gathered is now offering a $10,000 martini. The martini comes with a loose diamond at the bottom. No spontaneous drunken ordering allowed-the martini requires 72 hours' notice including a meeting with a jeweler to choose the stone. The martini has been on the menu for a week and no one has ordered one yet. This leads to a very interesting etiquette question: when ordering a martini with a diamond at the bottom, does one let it rest there until the drink is finished, or fish it out first to prevent overenthusiastic swallowing?

$10.000 Martini

 

The Archduke Joseph Diamond is currently for sale at Molina. It was first owned by Joseph August Victor Clemence Maria, Archduke of Austria and the great grandson of Emperor Leopold II of the House of Hamburg. It heralds from a now depleted mine which has produced some of the world's most famous diamonds. This particular diamond is 76.45 carats, grade D color and is flawless internally. It is the 12th largest perfect white diamond in the world.

12th Largest Diamond

 

Jacob Arabo (better known as Jacob the Jeweler) who designs custom pieces for celebrities, has created a watch for those who need to be in five places at once. The Five Time Zone Watch has a five separate time zones displayed on its face. Various versions of the Five Time Zone Watch have shown up on wrists of everyone from Karl Lagerfeld to Jay-Z. $101,000 gets you the fully-blinged model which features a map of the world on its pave diamond face and a diamond bracelet. Jacob and Co. recently opened their first retail store and announced Mexican singer Thalia as the model/spokesperson for their ad campaign.

 

$101,000 Watch

 

What is the world's most expensive watch? Topping the list is Chopard's Super Ice Cube. It has over 66 carats of diamonds and is priced over one million dollars. The popular Ice Cube watch is also available in a wide variety of gemstones from black diamonds to pink sapphires.

 

Chopard's Super Ice Cube

 

What is it about ridiculous diamond-studded items that warms our hearts? This diamond teabag which is valued at around $14,000 was made by Boodles jewelers to celebrate PG Tips 75th birthday.
The tea bag was hand-crafted using 280 diamonds. The tea bag will be raffled off to help raise money for a children's charity. How fabulously British!

Diamond Tea Bag