‘Huuge’ Maples-Trump Diamond Sells for $300,000

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Birmingham, MI — The “huuge” diamond that presumptive Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump presented when he popped the question to Marla Maples as an engagement ring sold for $300,000 by a Birmingham auction house.

The 7.45-carat Harry Winston-designed ring, which Trump presented to his longtime mistress and now former wife in 1991, sold at the price Joseph DuMouchelle predicted it would in the auction held Wednesday at the posh Lotte Palace Hotel in midtown Manhattan, The Birmingham Eccentric reports.

Several other pieces by other legendary jewelers, including Verdura, Cartier, David Webb and Tiffany & Co., sold at the six-hour auction.

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The name of the buyer, who submitted the winning bid by phone, was not disclosed. DuMouchelle said the buyer purchased the ring for personal use.

DuMouchelle told The Birmingham Eccentric he didn’t didn’t know if the individual’s party affiliation.

DuMouchelle’s family has been conducting fine and estate jewelry auctions for more than 80 years.

The auction house is based in downtown Birmingham and also has offices in New York City, Palm Beach and Naples.