Editing Titanic (1997 film) (section)

===Heart of the Ocean===
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For the Heart of the Ocean design, London-based jewelers [[Asprey & Garrard]] used [[cubic zirconia]]s set in white gold<ref name="oocities">{{cite interview|interviewer=Diane Sawyer|first=Terry|last=Davidson|date=March 11, 1998|title=Real 'Titanic' Necklace to Benefit Diana's Trust: Movie's Paste Necklace Recreated with Real Jewels|url=http://www.oocities.org/heartland/acres/1561/heart.html|access-date=February 24, 2020|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801220113/http://www.oocities.org/heartland/acres/1561/heart.html|url-status=live}}</ref> to create an [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]]-style necklace to be used as a prop in the film. The studio designed and produced three variations, very similar but unique and distinguishable in character. Two of them were used in the film while the third went unused until after the film had been released. The three necklaces are commonly known as the original prop, the J. Peterman necklace and the Asprey necklace.

The third and final design was not used in the film. After the film's success, [[Asprey & Garrard]] were commissioned to create an authentic Heart of the Ocean necklace using the original design. The result was a platinum-set, {{convert|171|carat|g|adj=on}} heart-shaped Ceylon [[sapphire]] surrounded by 103 diamonds.<ref name="oocities" /> This design featured a much larger inverted pear-shaped Ceylon sapphire with a subtle cleft to resemble a heart. The chain for this necklace also featured a mix of round, pear, and marquise cut white diamonds. The bail also featured a heart cut white diamond with another round cut diamond attached to an inverted pear shape diamond which was then attached to the cage of the main stone. The necklace was donated to [[Sotheby's]] auction house in [[Beverly Hills]] for an auction benefiting the [[Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund]] and Southern California's Aid For AIDS. It was sold to an unidentified Asprey client<ref>{{cite news|title=Heart of the Matter|last=Van Der Voort|first=Jane|date=February 11, 2001|work=The Toronto Sun}}{{page needed|date=February 2014}}</ref> for $1.4&nbsp;million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|1.4|1998|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|US}}), under the agreement that Dion would wear it two nights later at the [[70th Academy Awards|1998 Academy Awards]] ceremony. Since then, this necklace has not been made available for public viewing.