 | It was a Valentine’s Day gift for Elizabeth Taylor in 1969 from her husband at the time, Richard Burton. The 16th-century La Peregrina, one of the largest and most symmetrically perfect pear-shape pearls in the world was purchased for $37,000 at auction, beating out a member of the Spanish Royal family. |  |
 | La Peregrina was once part of the crown jewels of Spain and eventually passed into the hands of Joseph Bonaparte, king of Spain and Napoleon’s brother. La Peregrina sold for $11,842,500 in 2011. |  |
