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Thank you for the research. Imagine, the jewels were stolen and then retrieved! It's hard to imagine that a reputable jeweler like Michelsen's would not investigate the provenance before advertising. The advertisement states that there were also 2 colliers and 2 bracelets in the collection and they were to be sold as a lot. So...did King Frederik also buy the colliers and bracelets? I don't recall ever reading about those pieces. 
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Did the book say if it had ever belonged to Queen Margrethe's great-grandmother, GD Anastasia Mikhailovna, or is that still just a supposition?
The book does not mention Grand Duchess Anastasia, but she was mentioned when the tiara and other jewels were advertised for sale in 1963:
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King Frederik IX bought it from the Danish tenor, Lauritz Melchior, but where did Melchior get it from?
This article from 1963 mentions that Melchior bought the jewels in Germany ”nearly 40 years ago”. Anastasia died in 1922.
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