Re: Princess Irene / so few new additions?Archived Message
Posted by Henri M on August 22, 2012, 12:19 pm, in reply to "Princess Irene"
The aquamarines often do not photograph well (the aquamarine bandeau against dark hair, for an example) but they really have a very beautiful colour and sparkle.
I wonder why the last important new addition to the collection was in the interbellum (Princess Juliana's aquamarine parure) and that since then there were only few new additions?
I mean persons as the Prince of Orange, Prince Friso, Prince Constantijn but also Prince Bernhard jr. (who is a selfmade multi-millionaire) buy various properties, expensive cars, etc. but since the aquamarine parure, no new diadem has been acquired, for an example.
I know there are regularly new jewels (the Tutti Frutti set, the orange-coloured jewels, the lightblue sapphires and the turquoises) but not the real whoppers. I can not look in the wallets, but when the Prince of Orange is able to acquire properties in Argentina, Mozambique and Greece, why does he not buy a nice diadem for his wife, who can actually use it for half a century to go?