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In 1947, Evalyn Walsh McLean dies. Her collection of jewelry, including the prized blue diamond, is sold to pay the debts of her estate. In 1949, New York jeweler Harry Winston purchases Evalyn's ...
The Hope was later acquired by the Paris firm of Cartier, which sold it in 1911 to Evalyn Walsh McLean, the daughter of a wealthy Colorado gold miner. Mrs. McLean died in 1947, and her jewelry collection, including the Hope diamond, was sold to Harry Winston to help settle claims against her estate.
When Evalyn and Ned McLean got married in 1908, they seemed to have it all. A golden couple, they had wealth, connections and loving families. As a wedding present, the McLeans got a summer cottage (read “mansion”) in Bar Harbor, Maine. Bar Harbor had for decades been a magnet for Gilded Age show-offs. That first summer was perhaps their ...
Biography. Evalyn Walsh McLean (August 1, 1886 – April 26, 1947) was an American mining heiress, socialite, and social leader who was famous for being the last private owner of the 45-carat (9.0 g) Hope Diamond (which was bought in 1911 for US$180,000 from Pierre Cartier), as well as another famous diamond, the 94-carat (18.8 g) Star of the East.
Title: Evalyn Walsh McLean Papers Inclusive Dates: 1874-1948 ID No.: MSS32318 Creator: McLean, Evalyn Walsh, 1886-1947 Extent: 45,000 items Extent: 113 containers plus 3 oversize Extent: 46.4 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
On March 4, 1932, a con man named Gaston B. Means was approached by Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, of Washington, D.C., who felt that she might be of material assistance to Colonel Lindbergh in ...
18 de nov. de 2019 · Evalyn Walsh McLean, a mining heiress and socialite, circa 1915. Pierre Cartier sold the Hope Diamond to her in 1910, providing publicity to the Cartier business.
