Many thanks for the feed back Boris and Barbara. With the dates you provided I went back through Christies past lot catalogue and found their page on the Russian original Amethyst earrings. They sold then for CHF 433,000 Swiss Francs, and had previously been purchased by the jewellers, SJ Phillips in 1927 for the princely sum of GBP 295!! Which made me wonder if the 'later copies', going under the hammer at Christies in October, were made while the originals were with SJ Phillips?
--Previous Message-- : Very interesting find, indeed, Cerys! I second : Boris that the recent Christie's ones aren't : the same as the Romanov ones. The settings : and the size of the stones are too different : (yet the number of diamonds are identical), : but these girandoles are actually very good : copies of the original! : : The last note I have about the Romanov ones : is, that they have been sold at Christie's : in Geneva on 15th November 2007. Alas I : missed to record the price they've been sold : for . :
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