Posted by Nellie on July 29, 2013, 7:40 pm, in reply to "About that picture"
Well, well, well, VIncent. Amazing what comes to light here at times! Thank you so much for telling us your story about the pic and history of the rubies. How good to know you resisted the offer!
--Previous Message-- : : Funny you should mention that photograph : Nellie, I actually bought it a few months : ago at an auction organized by Etude Coutau : Bégarie in Paris. : : It is rather big and shot by Boissonnas and : Taponnier which were the social parisian : photographers between 1900 and 1950. But the : reason I really wanted it is because it was : the first time I had seen princes Nicolas of : Greece wearing her mother in law's rubies. : : The story goes that the rubies were bought : one by one by king George of Greece to : assemble a set for his wife born grand : duchess Olga of Russia. The set was : inherited by their son prince Nicolas. And : after his wife death it went back to the : main line of the royal family of Greece. : : Finally i got the photographs at the : auction. And as soon as the auction was : over, a vey polite Russian art dealer came : to me asking if i wanted to sell this : photograph. One of his russian client really : wanted it and he told me he was allowed to : offer me three times the amount i had paid. : : Of course i said no, and i kept the : photograph. It is in a very nice old golden : wooden frame and rather grand. I love it. :
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