Re: Qn Marie of Romania historic sapphire pendant-SOLD Archived Message
Posted by Pedro  on January 18, 2012, 12:23 pm, in reply to "Re: Qn Marie of Romania historic sapphire pendant-SOLD"
Your previous assumption is a possibility: after the Queen's death, King Konstantinos kept it and sold it in 2003. The Greek RF can be the noble family.
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: you beat me to it...
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: in 'Queens' Jewels' it says:
: "In June 1948 Prince Michale married
: Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma in athens.
: The young bride wore the diamond sautoir
: over her wedding gown, minus the fabulous
: sapphire which had already been sacrificed.
: It too had been sold to finance the deposed
: king's first months in exhile.
: Several years later, through an amusing
: twist of fate, this fascinating stone was to
: find its way into the collection of another
: Queen, equally as famous for her love of
: precious stones, Queen Frederika of Greece.
: To quote Hans Hadelhoffer in his book
: 'Cartier: Jewelers Extraordinatry', a Greek
: millionaire purchased the sapphire when the
: young Romanian king parted with it in 1948.
: Some time later he gave it to Frederika, his
: country's Queen and wife of King Paul I of
: Greece. She had it mounted as a pendant
: after which it became the centerpiece of a
: pearl and diamond necklace that the Queen
: wouls occasionally wear as a diadem."
:
: At least we have the date when King Michael
: sold the sapphire...the question I have, who
: inherited after Queen Frederika's
: death....and who is the Noble Family it was
: sold by in 2003.
:
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: Hans Nadelhoffer was jewelry expert for
: Christie's auction house in Geneva and spent
: three years immersed in the Cartier archives
: in Paris, New York, and London.
:
: In her book : Cartier, Jewelers
: Extraordinary, Harry N. Abrams, 1984, p. 234
:
: he explained "a Greek billionaire who
: purchased the sapphire, when the King of
: Romania separates in 1948. Some time later,
: he offers to his sovereign, Frederika, wife
: of king Paul 1° of Greece " .it's a
: private gift.
:
: Bought by Harry Winston, and sold by Cartier
: ?.
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: Thanks Maridje....
:
: I wonder why they never mentioned Queen
: Frederika??
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:
: so what do we know so far...
:
: 1. In 1922 Kind Ferdinand bought this
: sapphire for Queen Maria
:
: 2. In 1947 (possibly) King Michael (grandson
: of Queen Maria) sold the necklace to Harry
: Winston.
:
: 3. In 1948 just the diamond necklace was
: seen and then vanished.
:
: 4. In 1964 Queen Frederika wore this massive
: sapphire to her son's wedding
: festivities...(Was it a gift to her, or she
: purchased it from Harry Winston??)
:
: 5. In 2003 the sapphire is sold by a Noble
: family...
:
: can we put pieces of this puzzle together?
:
: Can we believe that the Noble family is
: really Ex King Constantine of Greece family?
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