Diamond bracelets that belonged to Marie Antoinette and uncommon colored diamonds will likely be on the public sale block in Geneva subsequent week, Christie’s mentioned on Wednesday (November 3).
A blue velvet field bearing a label “bracelets of Queen Marie Antoinette” holds the double bracelets, every composed of three strings of diamonds and a big barrette clasp, with a complete of 112 diamonds.
The bracelets, now the property of a European royal household, are estimated to fetch $2-4 million on the Nov. 9 sale, Christie’s mentioned.
Max Fawcett, head of Christie’s jewelry division in Geneva, spoke in regards to the rarity of the jewels and mentioned he expects “fireworks” regarding the value the valuable royal jewelry are anticipated to fetch.
Marie Antoinette, who despatched a letter from jail within the Tuileries in Paris {that a} wood chest with jewels can be despatched for safekeeping, was guillotined in 1793.
Her surviving daughter Marie Therese, Madame Royale, obtained the jewels on her arrival in Austria, the public sale home mentioned.
Together with the royal bracelet, Christies may even supply a 6.75 carats Fancy Vivid Purple-Pink ring diamond, which might fetch 10 million Swiss francs.
A 42.98 carat fancy vivid yellow diamond and diamond ring which might fetch 4 million Swiss francs and a diamond doubtlessly internally flawless weighing 55.50 carat, estimated at 4 million to five million Swiss francs, may even go beneath the hammer on November 9.
Rival Sotheby’s which can supply Russian royal jewels smuggled overseas throughout the 1917 revolution, alongside uncommon, colored diamonds, on Nov. 10 in Geneva, advised Reuters it was in search of deep-pocketed collectors rising from the pandemic.