- Kris Humphries Engagement Ring Costco
- Kris Humphries Engagement Ring Cost
- Kim Kardashian Engagement Ring Kris Humphries Cost
What to do with some extra bling lying around? Auction it, of course!
At least that may be the case for Kris Humphries, who still has his hands on the massive diamond ring that was previously given to ex-wife Kim Kardashian.
The reality star's engagement ring from ex-husband Kris Humphries sold at a Christie's auction in NYC on Tuesday, Oct. 15 for a whopping $620,000, Us Weekly can confirm. Naturally, it wasn't long before the estimates started rolling in, with experts speculating that the ring set the NBA star back a whopping $2 million. Forget two months' salary, that's almost a. The ring symbolizing Kim Kardashian's ill-fated 72-day marriage to Kris Humphries has been sold. The engagement ring sold for $749,000 at the Christie's auction. While that was less than half the ring's reported worth of $2 million, the sale price exceeded the presale estimate of between $300,000 and $500,000.
- Kris is reportedly planning to auction off the engagement ring he gave Kim in a upcoming Oct. 15 Christie's auction titled 'Bright & Beautiful,' Mail Online reports.
- Kris Humphries to Auction Kim Kardashian's Diamond Engagement Ring? Get the Details! The bauble cost a cool $2 million at the time of purchase and is now valued at a mere $300,000 to $500,000.
According Daily Mail reports, the NBA player, who won the 16-carat rectangular-cut diamond ring in the couple's June 2012 divorce, is hoping to cash in on the jewelry this fall via private auction. The bauble cost a cool $2 million at the time of purchase and is now valued at a mere $300,000 to $500,000.
A diamond sparkler matching the same description is anonymously being auctioned off by Christie's in New York, and we can't help but wonder if this is, in fact, the famous ring.
So is it or isn't it?
While we have yet to hear the official word from the athlete's camp, it does appear to be a pretty exact match, if you ask us! Either way, the new owner of that sizable sparkler is bound to be one lucky lady.
The Lorraine Schwartz custom piece is mysteriously listed as the 'property of a gentleman' with a portion of the proceeds to benefit a charity.
Kris Humphries Engagement Ring Costco
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To note, plenty of celebrities have famously auctioned off pricey pieces to make room for more swag, donate funds to a good cause or simply save up for future spending.
Leonardo DiCaprio recently contributed famous artwork from his collection to Christie's to benefit environmental efforts, and Kim Kardashian also auctioned off a few of her Hermès Birkin bags earlier this spring.
While we have yet to hear the official word from the athlete's camp, it does appear to be a pretty exact match, if you ask us! Either way, the new owner of that sizable sparkler is bound to be one lucky lady.
The Lorraine Schwartz custom piece is mysteriously listed as the 'property of a gentleman' with a portion of the proceeds to benefit a charity.
Kris Humphries Engagement Ring Costco
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To note, plenty of celebrities have famously auctioned off pricey pieces to make room for more swag, donate funds to a good cause or simply save up for future spending.
Leonardo DiCaprio recently contributed famous artwork from his collection to Christie's to benefit environmental efforts, and Kim Kardashian also auctioned off a few of her Hermès Birkin bags earlier this spring.
When it comes to cleaning house or banishing old memories, it seems like auctions are the way to go!
When E! News contacted Christie's for clarification, the company declined to comment and stated that they have a strict client confidentiality policy.
Do you think Kris Humphries would auction off Kim Kardashian's diamond ring?
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'Big diamonds were always Kim's passion,' the ring designer herself, Lorraine Schwartz, told E! News. 'Growing up she always loved to look at rings. When Kris came in, he knew this but he wanted to make it his decision. He knew he wanted that 'wow' big, and he could have gone bigger, but he wanted Kim's ring to be something she would wear for the rest of her life.'
After being schooled on the cuts and colors available to him, he ultimately went with an Emerald cut because 'it's classy and elegant and he said it reminded him of Kim.'
Now for those specifics: the Emerald-cut white diamond sits in a platinum setting, has a VS clarity grade (it stands for 'very slight,' and if you couldn't tell, is a very good ranking), and is a 16.5-carat gem with two side stones of approximately 2 carats each. Altogether, the ring, caught gracing Kim's hand at the airport by bauergriffinonline.com, is roughly 20.5 carats and valued at—yep—just over $2 million.
Not only that—Schwartz exclusively told E! News that Humphries got a special quote engraved inside the band of the ring, which also features a tiny heart engraved between the couple's initials.
While she's not disclosing what the message reads, she said that Kris took 'three days to get it right' and that the quote is 'very special and meaningful to the two of them.'
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Which he should be able to recoup soon enough. As Lamar Odom can no doubt attest, marrying a Kardashian comes with perks, among them access to endorsement dealmaker and brand manager extraordinaire Kris Jenner. Not that being engaged to Kim isn't its own kind of jackpot.
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—Reporting by Katie Rhames