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In 1908, Evalyn eloped, against her family's best advice, with the handsome heir to the Washington Post fortune, Edward Beale McLean. With $200,000 in "pin" money as a wedding gift from both ...
17 de ago. de 2009 · The diamond’s current setting, once described by Evalyn Walsh McLean as a “frame of diamonds,” was originally created by Pierre Cartier and has remained largely unchanged since the early 1900s.
Evalyn Walsh McLean mit dem Hope (oben) und dem Star of the East (unten) Evalyn Walsh McLean (* 12.August 1886 in Leadville, Colorado; † 24. April 1947 in Washington, D.C.) war die US-amerikanische Besitzerin des berühmten 45 Karat großen Hope-Diamanten, in dessen Besitz sie 1911 gelangte.Auch der 94-karätige Star of the East - ein vermutlich aus Indien stammender, birnenförmiger Diamant ...
10 de may. de 2024 · Harry Winston Inc. of New York City purchased Mrs. McLean's entire jewelry collection, including the Hope Diamond, from her estate in 1949. This collection also included the 94.8-carat Star of the East diamond, the 15-carat Star of the South diamond, a 9-carat green diamond, and a 31-carat diamond which is now called the McLean diamond.
Evalyn Walsh McLean was a rich heiress who bought the Hope Diamond from Pierre Cartier in 1912. There are stories that she even affixed the diamond to her dog’s collar. Her ill fate began when her mother-in-law died, and her son died at the age of nine. Her husband left her for another woman and later died in a psychiatric hospital.
30 de oct. de 2021 · The McLeans wrote to Cartier and confirmed that they would buy the Hope Diamond, paying the agreed-upon price in a series of installments. (Sources disagree about the price. In her memoir, Evalyn says it was $154,000; Francesca Cartier Brickell states that it was $180,000, and includes a photo of the receipt.)
29 de feb. de 2020 · She was the last private owner of the fabulous 45.52 carat Hope Diamond, but Evalyn Walsh McLean dismissed as nonsense the curse associated with the gem.According to legend, misery and death befell not only the owner of the blue diamond, but anyone who touched it, this, the punishment for it having been stolen from one of the eyes of a statue of the Hindu goddess, Sita.
