--Previous Message-- : What would the reactions have been if the : Princess had paid 1 million Euro for a : Cartier Tutti Frutti bracelet and another 1 : million Euro for a Cartier Tutti Frutti : collier?
But that was not the point: You compared a piece of unknown origin in rather clumsy design with apparently middle-rate stones with a signed antique Cartier piece to argue that the first was a bargain. That's as if you overpaid a second-hand IKEA chair and try to make a point that it's still much cheaper than a signed Arne Jacobsen lounge chair from the original equipment of the Copenhagen SAS Royal Hotel from the late 1950's.
: The reactions on this purchase (50.000 Euro : for bracelet and collier) were already : condemning: "Well well... 50 grand just : for some glimmers?" while it could have : been 40 times more. And it was not even in : crisis time back then, when she showed her : new jewels... : : I think the Princess looked great, her : jewels included. : :