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The 45 carat Marlborough diamond Posted by Janet on January 26, 2020, 7:40 am Apparently was a "45-carat diamond, once set in the brooch pendent of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, a cousin of Winston Churchill’s. After her death, the gem was purchased by high-end jeweler Graff’s, where it was reset into a necklace surrounded by other diamonds. In 1980, the piece was valued at over $900,000." In 1980 criminals stole the Marlborough diamond At the time time of the theft, a widely publicised drawing showing Graff's necklace with the Marlborough diamond as a centrepiece was widely published. The diamond has never been recovered and its difficult to find out anything concrete about the diamond pre its Graff ownership i.e. which Duchess it belonged to or the brooch that had the diamond as its centrepiece. Does anyone know anything? http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/11/newsid_2514000/2514065.stm https://www.newsweek.com/diamond-thieves-now-73-new-crime-spree-65799 https://www.toptenz.net/10-fabulous-priceless-missing-jewels.php

Re: The 45 carat Marlborough diamond Posted by J-F on January 26, 2020, 10:03 pm, in reply to "The 45 carat Marlborough diamond" Hi, Never heard this case before ! Thanks ! J-F Previous Message Apparently was a "45-carat diamond, once set in the brooch pendent of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, a cousin of Winston Churchill’s. After her death, the gem was purchased by high-end jeweler Graff’s, where it was reset into a necklace surrounded by other diamonds. In 1980, the piece was valued at over $900,000." In 1980 criminals stole the Marlborough diamond At the time time of the theft, a widely publicised drawing showing Graff's necklace with the Marlborough diamond as a centrepiece was widely published. The diamond has never been recovered and its difficult to find out anything concrete about the diamond pre its Graff ownership i.e. which Duchess it belonged to or the brooch that had the diamond as its centrepiece. Does anyone know anything? http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/11/newsid_2514000/2514065.stm https://www.newsweek.com/diamond-thieves-now-73-new-crime-spree-65799 https://www.toptenz.net/10-fabulous-priceless-missing-jewels.php

Re: Stolen Jewels Posted by Maria Olivia on January 26, 2020, 10:58 pm, in reply to "Re: The 45 carat Marlborough diamond" I heard on TV that the thiefs are changing completely the cut and the size of the stolen diamonds and sell them without problems. Most of the Jewels our our Empress Charlotte and the Countess de Flandres were never seen back. Previous Message Hi, Never heard this case before ! Thanks ! J-F Previous Message Apparently was a "45-carat diamond, once set in the brooch pendent of the Dowager Duchess of Marlborough, a cousin of Winston Churchill’s. After her death, the gem was purchased by high-end jeweler Graff’s, where it was reset into a necklace surrounded by other diamonds. In 1980, the piece was valued at over $900,000." In 1980 criminals stole the Marlborough diamond At the time time of the theft, a widely publicised drawing showing Graff's necklace with the Marlborough diamond as a centrepiece was widely published. The diamond has never been recovered and its difficult to find out anything concrete about the diamond pre its Graff ownership i.e. which Duchess it belonged to or the brooch that had the diamond as its centrepiece. Does anyone know anything? http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/11/newsid_2514000/2514065.stm https://www.newsweek.com/diamond-thieves-now-73-new-crime-spree-65799 https://www.toptenz.net/10-fabulous-priceless-missing-jewels.php

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