1. Marie-Antoinette’s Secret Diamond Bracelets Hit the …
The chic three-strand bracelets are set with 112 diamonds and valued between $2 million to $4 million, but with a provenance this good, they
The estimate for Marie Antoinette’s jewels is $2 to $4 million, but no one will be surprised if they sell for more. The bracelets, which are …
Marie Antoinette’s Diamond Bracelets Are Going Up for Auction. The jewels carry an estimate of $2 to $4 million but may fetch a far higher …
2. Affair of the Diamond Necklace – Wikipedia
The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was an incident from 1784 to 1785 at the court of King Louis XVI of France that involved his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette …
In the spring of 1776 Marie Antoinette chanced upon two diamond bracelets so dazzling and rare, even the Queen of France couldn’t afford it. She …
This diamond, pearl, and ruby zig-zag necklace is made up of pearls that belonged to Marie Antoinette. The pearls were given to Marie Antoinette …
3. The Lost Royal Jewels of Marie Antoinette – Lorrieanne.com
5 – hope diamond The Blue Hope Diamond · Map of Roman Empire-Hapsburgs Habsbourg-1700. · Sotheby’s photo of ring 1 · Marie Antoinette’s Pearl …
Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family · Marie Antoinette natural pearl and diamond earrings, estimate $ 200,000 – 300,000 · Marie Antoinette’s superb single- …
4. Marie-Antoinette’s diamond bracelets smash auction …
Marie-Antoinette’s diamond bracelets smash auction estimate, selling for $8.2 million The diamond bracelets were auctioned on November 9, 2021 …
Marie Antoinette, who sent a letter from prison in the Tuileries in Paris saying that a wooden chest with jewels would be sent for …
According to Christie’s, Marie Antoinette purchased the diamond jewels in 1776 for 250,000 livres, “a huge sum at the time.” They were paid …
Antoinette’s two bracelets are made up of three strands of diamonds and contain 112 stones. They sold for $8.2 million, the second highest price …
In 1887, all of the Crown Jewels of France were sold, and Empress Eugenie sold her personal jewels in 1870-1872 after she was exiled to England. It then seems …
5. Marie Antoinette diamond bracelets soar to $8 mln – Reuters
Rahul Kadakia, Christie’s international director of jewelry who conducted the auction, told the Geneva saleroom that the bracelets had stayed in …
Marie Antoinette, who sent a letter from prison in the Tuileries in Paris saying that a wooden chest with jewels would be sent for …
Two diamond bracelets once owned by the queen of France, Marie Antoinette, have sold at auction in Switzerland for more than $8m(£5.8m). …
6. Marie Antoinette’s Jewels: ‘How Can You Put a Price … – GIA
By the end of June, King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were imprisoned and her jewels – natural pearls and diamonds – were on a tortuous …
The personal jewellery collection of Marie Antoinette smuggled out of France during the French Revolution is set to go under the hammer at a landmark sale …
The Jewels Survive The French Revolution Just before she was arrested, Marie Antoinette carefully wrapped her exquisite gems and jewelry in …
It is a story whose characters and actions are so implausible that at times it seems like the wild invention of a work of fiction. …
7. Marie Antoinette’s diamond bracelets fetch £7m at auction
Marie Antoinette was known to have carefully wrapped her jewels in cotton herself, hoping to keep them outside revolutionary France. She sent …
The jewellery sold for millions at the auction. A large diamond-and-pearl pendant fetched over US$36 million (S$47.9 million), setting the world …
The doomed queen of France smuggled her jewels out of the palace in a wooden chest, and some haven’t been seen for centuries. …
8. Marie-Antoinette diamonds up for auction in Geneva – France 24
Two splendid diamond bracelets that belonged to French queen Marie-Antoinette will go under the hammer in Geneva later this year, …
The opulent bracelets, among the rare pieces of jewelry from the ill-fated French royal that are still up for public sale today, were among …
Among the jewels that the queen smuggled away was a pendant with a large Queen Marie Antoinette’s Pearl from the Royal Jewels from the …
9. Marie-Antoinette’s bracelets go for CHF7.5 million at Geneva …
The diamond jewels once worn by the guillotined queen were sold within five minutes in Geneva, at a price well above expected. …
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10. Diamond Bracelets Belonging to Marie-Antoinette to … – WWD
Diamonds were a particular foible for Marie-Antoinette, a fact that led to the “Affair of the Diamond Necklace,” a scandal that contributed to …
The bracelets, which were part of Christie’s Geneva Magnificent Jewels auction, feature around 140 to 150 carats of antique diamonds. They’re …
This month, major royal jewelry news broke in Switzerland: Christie’s will soon offer a pair of incredible diamond bracelets for sale that …
The jewels were wrapped up and sneakily sent to Austria when Marie Antoinette was sent to prison and then beheaded in 1793. They have been …
In January 1796, all of Marie Antoinette’s jewels, including this pair of diamond bracelets, were given to Marie Thérèse, after she arrived …
A Christie’s auction house estimate had valued the jewelry at $2 million to $4 million before they were sold. The bracelets, which had been in …
Cardinal Rohan intended to give Marie-Antoinette a luxurious diamond necklace to regain her favour. But an imposter posing as the queen proved cleverer than the …
Prior to selling at the Geneva Magnificent Jewels auction on 9 November, a Christie’s spokesperson said that they expected the bracelets to sell …
Jewelry. Figure 1: Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Vigée LeBrun. Figure 2: Monument du Costume, Moreau le Jeune. In 18thcentury France jewelry was an integral …
Diamond bracelets once belonging to Marie Antoinette were the top lot at Christie’s Geneva’s Magnificent Jewels auction. …
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