Georgian-era piece containing 300 carats of diamonds being sold by a Asian private collector on Nov. 13 is valued at around US$2.29-million, Sotheby’s says
A historic and highly important necklace set with nearly 500 diamonds weighing a total of approximately 300 carats is pictured during an auction preview at Sotheby's in Geneva on Nov. 7.A diamond-studded necklace thought to be involved in a scandal that led to the eventual downfall of the last queen of France, Marie Antoinette, is being sold in Geneva next week.
The piece was at the centre of a scandal in the 1780s known as the ’Diamond Necklace Affair' in which a hard-up noblewoman named Jeanne de la Motte pretended to be the French queen and acquired the necklace in her name without payment. “It’s likely or possible that some of these diamonds may have come from the famous diamond necklace that led to the downfall of Marie Antoinette,” Jessica Wyndham, head of magnificent jewels sales for Sotheby's, told Reuters on Thursday.
The diamonds of the original piece, crafted in 1776, were later sold piecemeal on the black market so are almost impossible to trace. However, some experts say the quality and age of the diamonds point to a match.
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