Fabergé egg fetches record $30.2 mıllıon at rare auctıon
One of the last Fabergé eggs in private hands sold for £22.9 million ($30.2 million), with fees, breaking its own record as the most expensive work by the Russian jeweler ever to appear at auction. Commissioned by Tsar Nicholas II as
Van Cleef Zıp Necklace Sets Record at Chrıstıe’s
Created in 1951, the diamond and ruby piece sold for EUR 819,000 ($820,005), smashing its EUR 300,000 ($300,368) upper estimate and setting a new world record for a Van Cleef & Arpels Zip necklace, Christie’s said Monday. In total, the
A Bulgarı Brooch That Once Belonged to Elızabeth Taylor Is up for Sale
New Orleans-based antiques dealer M.S. Rau acquired the multi-colored brooch recently from a private collector who attended the Christie’s “Crown Jewels” sale on December 14, 2011 in New York City. That day, both sessions raked in a whopping $21.3 million
MARILYN MONROE, THE UNFORGETTABLE FIGURE OF HOLLYWOOD, TURNS 96
During a commercial campaign in 1953, Marilyn Monroe’s impressive necklace in the shape of a yellow pear became a byword. Meyer Jewellery Company chair Meyer Rosenbaum had lent this legendary 24.04-carat diamond to the actress. Originally belonging to a Hindu
Chrıstıe’s Presents The Lıght of Afrıca Dıamond
Christie’s announces The Light of Africa Diamond (estimate: $11,000,000-18,000,000), which will lead the New York Magnificent Jewels sale on 8 June, as part of Christie’s Luxury Week. The Light of Africa is a D-color, Flawless, emerald-cut diamond of 103.49 carats, with