Liberty Bell Ruby
The Liberty Bell Ruby is a sculpture crafted from the world's largest mined ruby,[1] discovered in East Africa in the 1950s.[2] It weighs four pounds, is eight and a half thousand carats (8,500), and is sculpted into a miniature form of the Liberty Bell. It has 50 diamonds set in it and is valued at $2 million.
The ruby was created in 1976 for Beverly Hills-based Kazanjian Brothers jewelry company by sculptor Alfonso de Vivanco for the United States Bicentennial.[3] It was made in the same spirit as sapphire busts of presidents that the jeweler's charitable foundation presented to the White House when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president.
Theft
[edit | edit source]It was being held on behalf of a foundation at a jewelry store in Delaware when it was stolen in a heist on November 1, 2011.[4] A $10,000 reward was offered for any information leading to the arrest and conviction for those responsible.[5] On February 20, 2014, four men were arrested and indicted for the heist. Police have little hope that the Liberty Bell Ruby will be recovered.[6]
See also
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