Is hope or bad luck, the story of a generation of famous diamonds
Not all diamonds bring good luck. The existing diamond "Hope", weighing 45.52 carats, has an extremely rare dark blue. It is said that it is not only beautiful in blue, but also seems to emit a fierce light, which may be because in its misty history, full of strange and tragic experiences, it always brings difficulties to its owners. Resisting the reason for the luck.
Drill of luck - hope
In 1642, the French explorer and jeweler Tavimir first got this huge gemstone diamond in the southwest of India, weighing 112 carats, which has an extremely rare dark blue. Tavimir brought the gems back to France and dedicated them to King Louis XIV of France. The king sealed him an official position and rewarded him with a large sum of money as a jewel. The legendary luck has also begun to come to those who come into contact with gems. Tavimir's property was squandered by his unfilial son, making him poor and penniless when he was 80 years old. He still had to go to India again, hoping to seek new wealth. However, he was killed by wild dogs there.
Louis XIV and Hope
The next one is the French King Louis XIV. He honed the blue gemstone diamond into a diamond weighing 69.03 carats. Louis XIV only wore it once and soon died of smallpox. The successor to the king of Louis XV, became the new owner of diamonds. He vowed not to wear this dark blue big diamond, but he borrowed it to his mistress. As a result, the mistress of Louis XV was cut off in the French Revolution. This blue big diamond was passed to the King Louis XVI. His queen often wore this drill. The result was that the Louis XVI couple were both sent to the guillotine. Princess Lanbena, the daughter of Queen Louis XVI, became the master of this blue-eyed drill. She was probably killed in the French Revolution because she wore this inferior diamond.
Hope and Hope
This blue big diamond was stolen in the French state treasury in 1792. The fate of the thief is unknown, only knowing that it was re-honed once, the weight was reduced to 45.52 carats, and appeared in the London jewelry market in 1830, immediately bought by the banker Hope, worth 18,000 pounds. Since then, this blue diamond has been named "Hop" under the name of its new owner's last name. Because English Hope is the meaning of hope, this diamond is also known as "hope." The banker Hope was never married, and he passed the blue diamond to his grandson. The new diamond owner later married an American actress Josie. Soon, Little Hope went bankrupt and Josie divorced him. Josie died in the United States in 1940, she was poor and stumbling in her later years, often complaining that the blue diamond "hope" brought her an intractable forcing. In 1906, Little Hope was forced to sell the Blue Diamond "Hope" to pay off his debts. In the next two years, "Hope" was resold several times.
In 1908, the Blue Diamond "Hope" was bought by Turkish Sultan Hamid II for $400,000. It is said that when the businessman who handled the sale went out with his wife and children, the car turned over the cliff and the whole family was killed. The blue diamond "Hope" was worn by the confidant Zuo Bi De, who was awarded to him by the Sultan in the Turkish court. Soon, Zuo Bied was executed by the Sultan.
Lady McLean
In 1911, McLaren, the head of the postal service in Washington, USA, bought the blue diamond "Hope" for $114,000, and he gave it to his wife as a gift. Someone told Mrs. McLean that it was a diamond that would bring bad luck and talked about many historical legends. Mrs. McLaren laughed. She often wears this drill and often wears the 92.8-carat "Oriental Star" that she holds to show luxury and wealth. Maybe it's a coincidence! In the second year of Mrs. McLaren’s “Blue Hopeâ€, her son was killed in a car accident, and her husband, Mr. McLean, soon died, and her daughter died of taking sleeping pills.
Mrs. McLean died in 1947, the famous American jeweler Winston, who bought all her jewels in 1958 and became the new owner of the blue diamond "hope." What about the aftermath? Winston took this lucky diamond and flew across the Atlantic several times in different seasons. Of course, everything was safe.
Winston donates Hope
This one has gone through all the rough and got its proper destination. Winston donated it to the country as a gift, and it is now housed in the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC. Since then, it has never been to show off luxury and wealth, or to add personally beautiful decorations, but to become a specimen of scientific research.
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