Top 11 Most Expensive Jewelry in the World

It's not just magicians who are enchanted by things that glitter and shimmer - we humans are just as enamored as our winged friends when it comes to bling-bling. Here we've listed 11 of the most expensive pieces of jewelry in the world, all with price tags in the millions.

Anyone who's seen the movie "Blood Diamond" knows what the hunt for the compressed carbon pieces can mean, and it's probably good to find out a stone's provenance before the big wallet goes forward.

That being said, diamonds are one of the most beautiful things to find, as well as real expensive items that sell for out-of-this-world sums at auction houses.

11. Wallis simpsons panther bracelet

$12.4 Million

Edward VIII gave Wallis Simpson this beautiful Cartier panther bracelet with diamonds and black onyx as a love gift in 1952. The bracelet was negotiated at Sotheby's auction house in 2010 for $12.4 million to an anonymous buyer said to be Madonna.

10. Emerald and diamond tiara

$12.7 Million

This beautiful tiara with emeralds and diamonds was a wedding gift to German Princess Katharina Henckel von Donnersmarck from her husband Guido around 1900. The pear-shaped emeralds totaling 500 carats are extremely unusual and the tiara sold for a total of $12.7 million to an anonymous buyer at Sotheby's in 2011.

9. Bulgari Blue Diamond Ring

$15.7 Million

This unique diamond ring was made in the 1970s by the legendary fashion house Bulgari and consists of two cushion-shaped diamonds, one of which is a rare blue diamond weighing almost 11 carats. The ring was sold at Christie's auction house in October 2010 for $15.7 million, making it one of the most expensive diamond rings in the world.

8. Heart of the Ocean

$20 Million

Top American jeweler Harry Winston created this own version of the famous necklace worn by Kate Winslet in 1997 in the great movie Titanic. The piece, which was worn by actress Gloria Stuart during the 2009 Oscars, has a value of 20 million US dollars, making it the most expensive ever appeared in the history of the prestigious film gal.

7. The Perfect Pink Diamond

$23,2 Million

"The Perfect Pink" is a 14.23 carat pink diamond that sold to an anonymous buyer for an incredible $23.2 million after an aggressive bidding war at Christie's auction house in 2010.

6. Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond

$24.3 Million

The Wittelsbach-Graff diamond has an exciting history. Its origins lie in the mines of the ancient Indian kingdom of Golkonda, and legend has it that King Philip IV of Spain gave the blue gem to his daughter Margaret Teresa in 1664. The diamond then ended up with the wealthy Bavarian family, where it remained until Laurence Graff bought it for $24.3 million. Graff then split the gem into three pieces to create three flawless diamonds, of which Wittelsbach-Graff is the largest at 4 carats.

5. Diamond bikini

$30 Million

Susan Rosen and Steinmetz Diamonds designed this legendary diamond bikini for model Molly Sims when she wore the cover of Sport's Illustrated in 2006. The bikini is worth $30 million, making it the most expensive in the world. Best of all - it was bought by none other than Tiger Woods shortly after the divorce with Elin Nordegren was announced....

4. The Orange Diamond

$36 Million

Orange diamonds are very rare, and when the world's largest specimen to date, "The Orange," sold for a crazy $36 million at Christie's auction house in Geneva in 2013, it set a new world record for the carat price of a colored diamond.

3. Graff Pink Diamond

$46.2 Million 

When this beautiful 24.78 carat pink diamond sold for $46.2 million to legendary jeweler Laurence Graff, it broke all previous auction records for the highest price per carat. Graff, who owns a large collection of famous gemstones, renamed the pink stone after himself, hence the name "Graff Pink".

2. L'Incomparable Diamond Necklace

$55 Million

In 2013, the diamond necklace "L'Incomparable" was entered into Guinness ' record book after it was worth an incredible $ 55 million. Besides the huge yellow stone, which, by the way, is considered the largest "flawless" diamond in the world, the necklace consists of no less than 90 additional precious stones!

1. Steinmetz Pink aka the Pink Star Diamond

$83, 2 Million

After a five-minute bidding at Sotheby's auction house in Geneva, the world's largest pink diamond was sold for an incredible $83 million. In round slopes there are 548.7 million Swedish kronor. Half a billion! This makes the diamond by far the most expensive in history, and it took the Stenmatz Group jeweler a full 20 months to cut the 59.60 carat stone into its beautiful oval shape.