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Gem Dandy

Mar 27 2008

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Madonna wore an antique tiara at her 2000 wedding to Guy Ritchie in Scotland. She later donated it to charity.
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Model Stella Tennant donned a Chaumet tiara as a headband in a 2003 advertisement.
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Charlize Theron wore a brooch littered with diamonds in her hair at a pre-Oscars party this year.
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In 2007, Keira Knightley turned a Bulgari Vintage Collection diamond necklace into a tiara for the U.K. premiere of Atonement.
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Scarlett Johansson portrayed Disney's Cinderella, wearing a 62 carat, $325,000 Harry Winston diamond tiara in an Annie Leibovitz photograph.
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In June 2007 this tiara sold for a record price of more than $2 million. Made by Fabergé circa 1890, it features a pear-shaped center diamond weighing about 8 carats, and was from the collection of Italian Princess Maria Gabriella di Savoia.
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The Poltimore tiara, which England's late Princess Margaret wore at her wedding, was made by Garrard in the 1870s and can be converted to a necklace or a set of brooches. In 2006 it sold for $1.7 million to a Chinese collector.
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The "Cobra" brooch-pendant is part of De Beers' Valley of Diamonds exhibition, which tours Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. this year. It contains 13 carats of rough diamonds, has pins for wearing it in the hair, and costs $240,000.
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Leviev's petal-motif diamond tiara contains five cushion-cut and six marquis-shaped diamonds totaling 13.76 carats. They’re surrounded by white diamond pavé weighing 27.92 carats, all set in platinum. Price upon request.
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Moussaieff's tiara contains cultured pearls and more than 79 carats of diamonds set in 18 karat white gold. Price upon request.
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From Chamet's Attrape Moi Collection, this tiara is made from white gold and diamonds. It is priced at around $41,600.
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A "bandeau set" in silver embellished with Swarovski crystals is about $870 from Andrew Prince at Grays Antiques market in London.
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Cherry Chau's hairband combines steel and crystals, and costs about $110 at Cherry Chau in London.

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