Kris Humphries Engagement Ring Cost
'Big diamonds were always Kim's passion,' the ring designer herself, Lorraine Schwartz, told E! News. 'Growing up she always loved to look at rings. When Kris came in, he knew this but he wanted to make it his decision. He knew he wanted that 'wow' big, and he could have gone bigger, but he wanted Kim's ring to be something she would wear for the rest of her life.'
Despite their failed marriage, someone really REALLY wanted Kim Kardashian's hand-me-down engagement ring from ex-husband Kris Humphries. In fact, they paid a pretty penny at a Christie's auction in NYC on Tuesday for the blinged out piece of jewelry. According to reports it initially cost $2 million, but the buyer paid a total of $749,000. (Kardashian, not Humphries, initially paid for the ring.) The ring’s initial reported worth was $2 million, but sold for a total of $749,000 at a Christie’s auction in New York City on Oct. The ring, which reportedly cost Kris Humphries $2 million, was auctioned on Tuesday for $749,000 (including the commission). Twitter users respond. Kim Kardashian ‘s gigantic engagement ring from ex-husband Kris Humphries has been sold at an auction. Us Weekly confirmed that Kardashian’s 20-carat ring sold at a Christie’s auction on Tuesday for a whopping $620,000 to an anonymous buyer. Bidding started at $200,000.
After being schooled on the cuts and colors available to him, he ultimately went with an Emerald cut because 'it's classy and elegant and he said it reminded him of Kim.'
Kim Kardashian Engagement Ring Kris Humphries Cost
Now for those specifics: the Emerald-cut white diamond sits in a platinum setting, has a VS clarity grade (it stands for 'very slight,' and if you couldn't tell, is a very good ranking), and is a 16.5-carat gem with two side stones of approximately 2 carats each. Altogether, the ring, caught gracing Kim's hand at the airport by bauergriffinonline.com, is roughly 20.5 carats and valued at—yep—just over $2 million.
Not only that—Schwartz exclusively told E! News that Humphries got a special quote engraved inside the band of the ring, which also features a tiny heart engraved between the couple's initials.
Kris Humphries Engagement Ring Cost
While she's not disclosing what the message reads, she said that Kris took 'three days to get it right' and that the quote is 'very special and meaningful to the two of them.'
Which he should be able to recoup soon enough. As Lamar Odom can no doubt attest, marrying a Kardashian comes with perks, among them access to endorsement dealmaker and brand manager extraordinaire Kris Jenner. Not that being engaged to Kim isn't its own kind of jackpot.
—Reporting by Katie Rhames