June 24th, 2010
World Cup Merch We Love: Shimansky’s Diamond Football
Jewellery designer Yair Shimansky has produced a unique piece of World Cup memorabilia – a £1.6 million ($2.5 million) diamond-encrusted football. Made from 9,260 white and black round, brilliant-cut South African diamonds, the ball is worth 3,500 karats and weighs about 2.2 kilograms (4.8 pounds).
While crystal replicas of the ball are now in Shimansky stores – and will eventually be auctioned off with proceeds benefiting local charities – the luxury jewellery company is supposedly negotiating a sale of the ball to an unidentified European footy club as a 2010 commemorative display piece for their trophy cabinet.
What we want to know: which bling-obsessed footballer/club can you see wanting to own this ostentatious collector’s item?
I hope its Arsenal, but it prob. isn't
I think it might be Real Madrid, Barca, Man City, or Inter Milan…. DONT LET IT BE BARCA THEY AREN'T WORTHY!!! ;.)
Shiny….. $-0
Inter. They won the treble this year. Plus, Italian.
Of course real Madrid it’s screaming cristiano!! It’s sparkly nd gorgeous totally everything Madrid and cristiano are
Manchester City, they can afford it and they need something in their trophy cabinet.
It can’t be an English club, they’d never go as bling as that. (I hope…)
Maybe Manchester City. Must be a club with a lot of money, clubs like Barca and Real Madrid. Ka-Ching!
it has to be real madrid
It’s got to be Barca, yes?
Damarcus Beasley! http://www.thedamarcuscollection.com/
Real Madrid…I can't see Ronaldo walking past that empty-handed
the obvious answer here is real madrid.
it's shiny and new for perez
black diamonds for cron
gorgeous, just like the men on the team
