Famous Old Diamond - Name?

[Cehrabehra]

A couple years ago there was a thread here in RT which had this beautiful HUGE (20+ carats?) old mine that was almost shaped like an oval with 8 perfectly balanced mains and a very large culet. It was not one of the most famous diamonds, but it was pretty famous and highly significant. If someone said the name I might remember it. I think it might have been up for auction?

 

[diagem]

You mean the Wittelsbach??

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3703861/Blue-grey-diamond-belonging-to-King-of-Spain-has-sold-for-record-16.3m.html

I wonder if its still in that shape?

 

[Cehrabehra]

No, that''s not the one I''m thinking of but wow what color it has! It better still be in that shape!!!

This one was in the range somewhere D-M I do not recall, but it was in the realm of clear. Also, it had to have been at least a year if not two ago because I really didn''t spend much time here the last year and I was still active when it was posted. I remembered thinking - wow, this is my dream cut!

BTW DG do you have any pictures of stones you haven''t shared yet?

 

[Cehrabehra]

I figured it out - funny - it was the exact name that I thought it was but I doubted myself... I just googled the name and voila!

 

[Black Jade]

So whats the name? We''re curious now!
Is the Regent by any chance? I''ve always heard that that''s the most beautiful cut famous stone. However, I don''t think its a low color--I think its supposed to be very white (but could be wrong).

 

[Cehrabehra]

hi - oh funny, I didn''t post the name - silly me! here''s a link:

Emperor Maximilian
Emperor Maximilian

 

[Black Jade]

Heard of Maximilian and Carlotta but never heard of this diamond.
They were selling it on EBAY?!!!!
I wonder what they got.
The pictures made it look as if it had a an awful lot of visible black inclusions but I suppose that cna''t be the case if its a VS1.
Very interesting, thanks for the link.

 

[Cehrabehra]

I can''t get a picture to post... maybe someone else can

 

[marcy]

Strange place to sell such a large diamond too - on Ebay.

Here is one of my favorite websites to check out famous diamonds.