Diamond necklace linked to Marie Antoinette scandal sells for $4.8 million
A 300-carat necklace, whose diamonds have been linked to a scandal involving the last French queen Marie Antoinette, sold Wednesday for nearly $5 million at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva.
Diamond Necklace With Mysterious Past Sells For Nearly $5 Million
The may contain diamonds involved in a scandal surrounding Marie-Antoinette, that would eventually trigger the French Revolution.
Mysterious diamond-laden necklace fetches 4.8 million dollars in Geneva auction
Geneva - A mysterious diamond-laden necklace with possible links to a scandal that contributed to the downfall of Marie Antoinette, sold for 4.8 million dollars at an auction in Geneva Wednesday.
Diamond necklace linked to Marie Antoinette's downfall sells for £3.7m
A necklace believed to contain jewels from the infamous Marie Antoinette "Affair of the Diamond Necklace" has been sold for £3.7m. Set with nearly 500 diamonds and weighing about 300 carats, it smashed price expectations at a Sotheby's auction in Geneva.
Marie Antoinette necklace makes nearly $5 million
A necklace with jewels linked to the most famous scandal of Marie Antoinette's tragic reign surpassed its estimate to sell for $4.8 million.
Marie Antoinette's 'scandalous' necklace, seen at The Queen's coronation, heads to auction
Tobias Kormind, managing director of Europe’s largest online diamond jeweller 77 Diamonds, shared his thoughts on the jewellery's historic allure: "A scandalous link to Marie Antoinette and the dramatic end of the French monarchy, this historic necklace, which is unusually intact for a Georgian jewel, has it all."
Diamond Necklace Possibly Linked to Marie Antoinette's Demise up for Auction
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.
Diamond necklace linked to Marie Antoinette sells for $4.8 million
A diamond-studded necklace thought to be linked to a scandal that hastened the downfall of the doomed 18th century queen of France, Marie Antoinette, sold at auction in Geneva on Wednesday for 4.26 million Swiss francs ($4.
Huge diamond necklace linked to Marie Antoinette scandal sells for $4.8 million
A diamond necklace that has been worn at two British coronations, and is thought to contain stones from the infamous necklace at the heart of a Marie Antoinette scandal, sold for over 4.2 million Swiss francs ($4.8 million) at an auction in Geneva ...
'Diamond Necklace Affair' which helped fuel French Revolution sold for $4.8 million in auction
A diamond necklace, potentially linked to Marie Antoinette, sold for $4.8 million at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday in Switzerland. The necklace, dating back to the 18th century, features approximately 300 carats of diamonds.
Mysterious diamond-laden necklace fetches $4.8 mn in Geneva auction
A mysterious diamond-laden necklace with possible links to a scandal that contributed to the downfall of Marie Antoinette, sold for $4.8 million at an auction in Geneva Wednesday.
Mysterious diamond necklace — possibly linked to Marie Antoinette's demise — sells for $4.8 million
The necklace containing around 300 carats of diamonds was bought by an unidentified woman who put in her bid over the phone, ...
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Necklace Linked to Marie Antoinette’s Demise up For Auction
GENEVA, (Reuters) – A diamond-studded necklace thought to be involved in a scandal that led to the eventual downfall of the ...
A Brief History of the Jewelry Scandal That Ended Marie Antoinette
How the Affair of the Diamond Necklace changed history—and why 18th-century jewelry remains an eternal holy grail.