In seconds they forced their way in, took the Krupp Diamond, then as a ring, off her finger roughly, drawing blood.
[5] Krupp and the foreman got free, but the battery powered ranch phone was dead, so they had to drive to the Las Vegas airport to call police.
[7] Elizabeth Taylor wore the Krupp Diamond as a ring, and called it her favorite piece.
Taylor often wore her own jewellery including the Krupp Diamond in films, television movies, and personal appearances when she considered it appropriate.
It was sold for $8,818,500 (including buyer's premium, equivalent to $11.9 million as of 2025), to the South Korean conglomerate E-Land,[8][9] setting a record price per carat US$265,697 for a colorless diamond.