A ruby diamond ring designed and worn by Tupac Shakur sold at an auction in New York for $1 million.

<div class="block">A ruby diamond ring designed and worn by Tupac Shakur sold at an auction in New York for $1 million.</div>

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Tupac Shakur's Ring Sells For $1 Million at NYC Auction

Ruby diamond ring worn and designed by rapper Tupac Shakur sold at a sotheby's auction in New York for a whopping $1 million. Phoenix design was inspired by the rapper's love of author Nicolo Machiavelli's work called the Prince, which Tupac reportedly read while he was incarcerated design and commissioned the ring in 1996 and wore during his final public appearance at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards. The gold Sparkler sold for three times the estimated amount. Maybe we can show it up on the screen here. What do you think, Hannah? I think, you know, I think it's beautiful. What I wear it. No, but this is gorgeous and look, two people love Tupac and there's so much stigma around him that I think this is going to do really well. It really is a beautiful ring though.