Re: Rubis brooch of the french crown jewels sold Archived Message
Posted by joye  on September 23, 2012, 8:53 pm, in reply to "Rubis brooch of the french crown jewels sold"
Where are the pictures from the rest of your post please?
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: Last week, an element of the diamond and rubis
: belt (now a brooch) belonging to the french
: crown jewels was sold in auction in Rueil
: Malmaison near Paris for 34430€
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: the complete parure was made in 1816 for the
: duchess of Angouleme, the king's niece and
: daughter of king Louis XVI and queen
: Marie-Antoinette. The whole parure remained
: unchanged until it was sold in 1887. The two
: bracelets are now in the Louvre museum, the
: tiara belongs to the Niarchos collection and
: the big necklace was sold in auction by
: Christies in 1982. I don't know who bought
: this little brooch but it doesn't seem it is
: a french museum
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: the original parure photographed in 1878
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