Cartier Bandeau of Queen Elisabeth of Belgium - Look-a-likeArchived Message
Posted by Juscha on May 24, 2012, 12:51 pm
Although at the moment everyone is very busy with QD (and I will, too, when I get the time to order my own copy ) I dare to do an experts request:
Recently a tiara has been auctioned by Christie´s which base to me looks extremly similar to Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Cartier Tiara. I´ve compared the picture and have to look closely to see the tiny differences between both pieces. http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/1335977770.html
Now the piece is auctioned for more than 588000 dollar, more than twice the estimation. http://www.christies.com/lotFinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5561409 Might be that the quiet bulky additions to the base causes the price. Anyway, what do you think about the base. Copy of the Cartier Tiara maybe, or from Cartier itself? Was the bandeau from the "stock", a catalog piece, perhaps made more than one time?