Re: Empress Eugénie's Currant-Leaf Brooch sold at Christie's auction Archived Message
Posted by Pierre  on November 13, 2014, 7:39 pm, in reply to "Re: Empress Eugénie's Currant-Leaf Brooch sold at Christie's auction"
It would be great, but given the state of the economy in France and the fact that the Louvre does not display all the jewels they already have, I think it not very likely. Probably will disappear into the hands of a private collector to not be seen again unfortunately...
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: Let´s cross the fingers !!!!
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: The beautiful diamond brooch of Empress
: Eugénie, once part of the amazing
: currant-leaf parure of the French Crown
: Jewels (see our previous thread at
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: http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/thread/1412840602.html
: ), was sold on 11th November in Geneva, at
: Christie's, for 2 million US$ (1.9 million
: Swiss Francs). It is the bottom price of
: Christie's estimate, which was between 2 and
: 3 million US$.
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: Unfortunately, I could find no information
: about the lucky new owner of this brooch. Of
: course, my dream would be that the Louvre
: Museum won the bid, but I have found no
: information in this sense. Has anyone more
: information?
:
: Thanks in advance!
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: Arthur
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: (credit: Keystone, via www.lalsace.fr and
: www.lematin.ch)
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