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$200,000 Rolls Royce hood ornament

$200,000 Rolls Royce hood ornament

Ralph Hanson April 3rd, 2008 Ralph Hanson By Ralph Hanson Author April 3rd, 2008
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December 31st, 1969 Destined to be one of the most outrageous and expensive car accessories of all time, a Manhattan luxury dealership has commissioned a one-of-a-kind Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament comprised of diamonds, platinum and other rare metals. The asking price for the jeweled mascot? $200,000 or about half the price of the Rolls Royce Phantom on which it’s attached. The ornament was designed by local jeweler Jean Kemanjian on behalf of Manhattan Motorcars. Speaking with The Epoch Times, Kemanjian said his latest work was created as a “tribute to the car itself." It features a paved surface of diamonds, laid out in a similar fashion to bathroom tiles except this is the most expensive surface you can create known to man, Kemanjian explained. "What we did was to add 150 carats of D color VVS1 quality diamonds and some fancy intense yellow diamonds on the wings." This is the only example of a diamond-studded Spirit of Ecstasy in existence and for now it will remain the property of the dealership that commissioned. However, we suspect there will be a number of interested buyers with bottomless pockets.
$200,000 Rolls Royce hood ornament

$200,000 Rolls Royce hood ornament

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Destined to be one of the most outrageous and expensive car accessories of all time, a Manhattan luxury dealership has commissioned a one-of-a-kind Spirit of Ecstasy hood ornament comprised of diamonds, platinum and other rare metals. The asking price for the jeweled mascot? $200,000 or about half the price of the Rolls Royce Phantom on which it’s attached.

The ornament was designed by local jeweler Jean Kemanjian on behalf of Manhattan Motorcars. Speaking with The Epoch Times, Kemanjian said his latest work was created as a “tribute to the car itself."

It features a paved surface of diamonds, laid out in a similar fashion to bathroom tiles except this is the most expensive surface you can create known to man, Kemanjian explained. "What we did was to add 150 carats of D color VVS1 quality diamonds and some fancy intense yellow diamonds on the wings."

This is the only example of a diamond-studded Spirit of Ecstasy in existence and for now it will remain the property of the dealership that commissioned. However, we suspect there will be a number of interested buyers with bottomless pockets.

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  1. By HECTOR #1, Posted: 4/3/2008

    Because the regular RR doesn't say *TASTELESS* quite loud enough.

  2. By eee #2, Posted: 4/3/2008

    It'll look great splattered with flies after a long drives to the upstate mansion.

  3. By Roy #3, Posted: 4/3/2008

    Exactly! It's hard to tell whether this monstrosity would make a current Roller look better or worse. It will certainly be stolen quickly (Manhatten...).

  4. By moh #4, Posted: 4/3/2008

    no point of doing that when its like the smallest think and maybe 2 out of ten people will notice it...not that u want them to notice it in the first place

  5. By chris #5, Posted: 4/4/2008

    yeah hector's got the point. rolls royce is about as tacky as you can get. when i hear "rolls royce" i smell mothballs and taste dusty air. its really incredible.

  6. By Delby #6, Posted: 4/4/2008

    all i gotta say is ''BAAALLIINN'' (and ridiculous) but if 200 g's is spare change for you i say why not

  7. By Nate #7, Posted: 5/12/2008

    Pretty sweet BUT if u dont want it to get stollen then retract it u push a botton and it will retract into the grill


    Retards

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