Help the Smithsonian Channel with the Hope Diamond
The Hope Diamond needs a makeover, and the Smithsonian Channel needs help with the design.
Actually, the House of Harry Winston has submitted three possible designs in honor of the 50th anniversary of the diamond’s donation to the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History. But the American public can vote on the new setting for the stunning 45.52-carat blue diamond.
Go to www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/smithsonian/hope.html to pick one of the new settings. Voting ends Sept. 7.
The Hope Diamond will be put on display in its new setting at the National Museum of Natural History, and the Smithsonian Channel (channel 267 on Direct TV, 374 on Dish Network) will document the event with a new special, “Mystery of the Hope Diamond,” scheduled to premiere in March.
The Hope Diamond will be returned to its permanent setting before the close of 2010.
Jeweler Harry Winston, by the way, bought the Hope Diamond from the estate of American socialite Evalyn Walsh McLean in 1949. He donated it to the Smithsonian Institution on November 10, 1958, sending it through the U.S. postal service in a plain brown paper bag.
–Penny TV
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I LIKE THE NEW SETTINGS,HOWEVER I LIKE THE PRESANT OR OLD ONE MORE