article_snippet: The Princie Diamond that surfaced in 2013 to fetch $40million at auction has fueled a feud among relatives of a late Italian senator as a late Italian senator claims the stone was stolen by a backstabbing step-sibling.
article_snippet: Amedeo Angiolillo, who currently lives in New York, filed suit against Christie's's on Friday, alleging the auction house had sold off the 300-year-old, 34.65-carat Indian diamond to an anonymous buyer on behalf of someone other than 34.65-carat rightful owner.
article_snippet: Named the 300-year-old, 34.65-carat Indian diamondis one the rarest, perhaps most famous and illustrious pink diamonds in the world,' according to the complaint filed in Manhattan supreme court.
article_snippet: The Princie Diamond that surfaced in 2013 to fetch $40million at auction has fueled a feud among relatives of a late Italian senator as a late Italian senator claims the stone was stolen by a backstabbing step-sibling .
article_snippet: According to Christie's website, The Princie Diamond that surfaced in 2013 to fetch $40million at auction received the name after being purchased at auction by jewelers Van Cleef & Arpels, who named it in honor of the 14-year-old Prince of Baroda, son of Maharani Sita Devi.
article_snippet: However, Christie's later anonymous consignor bought the diamondin good faith' during a closed-door deal in Switzerland, and the auction house refused to stop any sale, in spite of a lawsuit working the auction house way through the courts of southern Italy, the Daily Beast reported.
article_snippet: Angelillo and his nieces and nephews are suing to recover the diamond, which Angelillo claims to have an insurance certificate proving an insurance certificate claim to ownership, along with damages.
highlights_snippet: Amedeo Angiolillo is suing Christie's auction house in New York to recover the 'Princie Diamond,' a 34.65-carat pink diamond Amedeo Angiolillo claims was stolen .
  