Take a closer look at Marie Antoinette's record-breaking jewelry, here:
owned by the former French queen that were included in the collection sold for a collective $42.7 million. “Tonight we saw the Marie Antoinette factor work its magic. No other queen is more famous for her love of jewels, and her personal treasures, pearls and diamonds that survived intact the tumults of history, captivated the interest of collectors around the world,” Daniela Mascetti, the European jewelry chairman for Sotheby’s, said in a statement.
One royal piece in particular drove the bulk of those profits: a diamond and natural pearl pendant that was estimated in pre-bidding to earn $1 million to $2 million but actually garnered a whopping $36,165,090. With that massive take, “Queen Marie Antoinette’s Pearl” set a new auction record for a natural pearl. The pendant features a large teardrop pearl that dangles from an oval-shaped diamond by a string of smaller diamonds arranged in a dramatic bow.
Besides the pendant, other belongings of Marie Antoinette on the auction block included a diamond ring engraved with her initials and containing a lock of her hair, a stunning yellow diamond dangling off a diamond brooch, and a set of pearl and diamond earrings.Overall, the one hundred items in the Bourbon-Parma auction raked in a total of $53.1 million.
A diamond pendeloque brooch, given to Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by her husband’s grandfather, Charles II of Parma, on the occasion of her wedding to Robert I. Estimated $25,000 – 35,000. Featured in the Royal Jewels from the Bourbon-Parma Family auction at Sotheby’s Geneva, November 2018.A diamond pendeloque brooch, given to Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by her husband’s grandfather, Charles II of Parma, on the occasion of her wedding to Robert I.
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