The Palme d'Or is set to Shine at Cannes

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The Palme d'Or is awarded each year to the best film at the Cannes International Film Festival. Since 1998, the award has been handcrafted by Chopard in their Geneva workshops. 
In 1997 Pierre Viot, President of the Festival at the time, asked Caroline Scheufele, the Co-President and Artistic Director, of Chopard if she would like to give the reward a kind of “makeover” and redesign the Palme d’Or. Chopard became an Official Partner of the Festival.
Scheufele decided to make the Palme d’Or “lighter while giving it greater volume and depth. She emphasized the veins in the stalk and the regulation 19 leaves, appearing to have been caught in mid-motion. She also designed the stalk so that it ended in the shape of a heart, one of Chopard’s jewellery emblems. Last but not least, the golden palm rests on a crystal cushion shaped like an emerald-cut diamond. This precious detail makes each Palme d’Or unique, for Mother Nature never creates two identical crystals…”
Chopard has been part of the “green carpet” movement aimed at promoting sustainable development in the luxury sector as a result the Palme d'Or has been crafted in certified “Fairmined” gold since 2014.

Shirley Temple's Blue Diamond

The blue diamond ring that belonged to child-star-turned-diplomat Shirley Temple is going up for auction at Sotheby’s next month.
The 9.54 carat stone was bought by the former Hollywood actress’s father around her 12th birthday for $7,210 in 1940 and it became a favored piece of jewelry. 
Shirley Temple Temple began her film career in 1932 at the age of three and in 1934 she found international fame in Bright Eyes. She was well known for her bouncy curls and outgoing personality (she was cute as a button!). From 1935 through 1938 she was Hollywood’s biggest box office star. 
As Shirley Temple Black, she had a long career in public service and was the US ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. She was also appointed as Chief of Protocol by President Gerald Ford in 1976 and was involved in preparations for President Jimmy Carter’s inauguration. 
She died in February 2014 at the age of 85 at home in Woodside, California.

Blue Diamond Ring being Auctioned by Sotheby's in April

BLUE DIAMOND RING On a Model's hand

Shirley Temple Black as US Ambassador 

The stone has a pre-sale estimate of between $25 million and $35 million and is scheduled to go under the hammer on April 19. 
According to Frank Everett, sales director for Sotheby’s jewelry department in New York the ring had been sold by her estate to a private buyer and that buyer was now putting it up for auction. The stone is in its original platinum and diamond setting. A gold setting that Temple had made for it will also be included.