{"id":1767,"date":"2010-07-13T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midastouch.goldgenie.com\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2010-07-13T09:00:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-13T08:00:46","slug":"spain-strikes-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/spain-strikes-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain Strikes Gold!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fifa-world-cup-trophy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1769\" title=\"fifa world cup trophy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fifa-world-cup-trophy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"362\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The World Cup 2010 has finally come to an end. After the sweat, the blood (dramatic) and tears (my tears &#8211; I was devastated when Ghana was cheated out of the semi-finals by Uruguay!). The replica 18ct gold plated <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/FIFA_World_Cup_Trophy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FIFA World Cup 2010 Trophy<\/a> was handed over to Spain for the first time in World Cup history! The original trophy was made from 18-carat gold, weighed just over 6 kilos and would be worth in the region of \u00a398,182 if sold at full \u201cmelt\u201d value. Winners only get to keep a gold-plated replica. The previous trophy was stolen from the offices of the Brazilian FA in Rio de Janeiro &#8211; it has never been recovered and may well have been melted down for the 1.8 kilos of gold it contained. I would imagine you could get quite a few pairs of gold earrings out of it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of earrings these are said to be the <a href=\"http:\/\/elitechoice.org\/2007\/10\/01\/worlds-most-expensive-earrings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most expensive earrings<\/a> in the world:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worlds-most-expensive-earrings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1770\" title=\"world's most expensive earrings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/worlds-most-expensive-earrings.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These diamond drop earrings were made in 2006 by Harry Winston, the man behind celebrity jewellers House of Winston.\u00a0 They can be yours for a mere $8.5 million US dollars (\u00a35,700,000).\u00a0 Slightly out of my price range so I found these gold earrings:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/revival-earrings-by-Castellani.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1771\" title=\"revival earrings by Castellani\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goldgenie.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/revival-earrings-by-Castellani.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A pair of fine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulfrasercollectibles.com\/section.asp?catid=26&amp;docid=3347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gold tassel revival<\/a> earrings by Castellani recently fetched $169,000 (\u00a3112,000) at auction last month &#8211; despite originally being estimated to sell for between $4,000 and $6,000. The earrings have detachable pendants and feature Apollo with his horses over a crescent held high by two flanking angels.\u00a0 Who knew gold antique earrings would increase in value?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Cup 2010 has finally come to an end. 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