Princess Diana’s Attallah Cross, an amethyst and diamond pendant, has a new owner in reality TV star Kim Kardashian. The jewellery item was seen on the late Princess a number of times. The object was created by British jeweller Garrad in the 1920s and was put up for auction by Sotheby’s.
According to Sotheby’s, four bidders competed for the pendant, which was eventually purchased by Kim Kardashian, and it was sold for 163,800 pounds ($200k) at the London auction. “Jewellery owned or worn by the late Princess Diana very rarely comes on to the market, especially a piece such as the Attallah Cross, which is so colourful, bold and distinctive,” Sotheby’s Kristian Spofforth said, adding, “To some extent, this unusual pendant is symbolic of the princess’s growing self-assurance in her sartorial and jewellery choices, at that particular moment in her life.” The jewellery reportedly fetched almost twice the estimated cost, revealed the auction house.
Princess Diana wore the pendant to a charity event in 1987
It’s interesting that Kim Kardashian has a reputation for liking classic and traditional pieces. She made news when she appeared at the Met Gala wearing a dress that Marilyn Monroe had worn when she sang to then-President John F. Kennedy on his birthday in 1962. The Attallah Cross is a striking and vibrant pendant that features square-cut amethysts and circular-cut diamond accents. According to reports, the pendant contains around 5.25 carats worth of diamonds.
