Posted on 12/01/2008 8:41:55 PM PST by SerafinQ
Michelle Obama is to receive this £20,000 thank you from her husband for her support during the election.
The Harmony ring is made of rhodium - the world's most expensive metal --and encrusted with diamonds. It is being hastily made by Italian designer Giovanni Bosco in time for January's inauguration ceremony.
Only about 25 tons of rhodium are mined each year, mostly in South Africa, and as a result its price is typically around £5,000 an ounce.
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Where and when is that photo from?!
Yes We Can...
Currently, rhodium is about $840 an oz.
GAWD. What an ugly ring! Looks like a cheap piece of costume jewelry.
I wouldn’t have it.
Sho nuff.......
It looks like it’s hollow. I would guess she can stash about 1 gram of cocaine inside that.
Doesn’t matter how he came accross it; it looks bad. If his wife was a client; it would be unethical.
Anyone registered on DU?
From his college days at Occidental in Pasadena.
She can extend her hand to all her guests at the lavish inauguration and tell them that yes, for the second time in her adult life, she is really proud of her country.
Of course, she’ll probably be wearing the ring on her middle finger as she shows it off to people.
If true (and based on other idiosynchrasies I’ve heard about Obama so far), wer’re in for a rough 4 years.
Oh, how nice. Now her ladyship will have something appropriate to wear whilst spooning out that $400/oz caviar she enjoys so much.
Must not be that much of a ring, my wifes engagement ring was appraised @ $20k 35 years ago and my nephew has a single stone red diamond ring in his store for sale for $58k.
That's small potatoes when you have spent $800,000 and counting to just hide your birth certificate from public scrutiny...
The man who is causing the Obama Meltdown has plenty of $$$ to buy some Bling.
Pray for W Gov Palin and Our Troops
“But just how did B. Hussein, a community activist, state senator and 2/3 term US Senator “Make lots of money”? “
Campaign contributions????
I just hope it’s no “blood rhodium” encrusted with “blood diamonds.”
Query: Why did Obama outsource the design to an Italian? He couldn’t find an American designer?
you forget; his ancestry is kenyan and his family is still there...
this means, his ancestors SOLD the slaves the rest of the world bought
ugly ring but we’ll be treated to another of the endless rounds of “Michelle is the new Jackie O” and “Carla Bruni’s fashion icon status is threatened.”
Carla Bruni ain’t feelin’ threatened. Trust me.
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