This gem comes from a private Asian collection, and will be offered for sale on November 11 in Geneva, with the online auction launching on October 25 on the house’s website.
This necklace consists of three rows of diamonds ending with a diamond tassel on each end, and is estimated to be worth between 1.8 and 2.8 million dollars, and will be presented for the first time in 50 years.
Andres White Curial, head of the jewelery department at Sotheby’s, told AFP, “It’s an amazing find, as jewelery dating back to the 18th century was usually broken for reuse… importance from the century.” “Georgian.”
“The gem was passed down from family to family,” Curial said.
Members of this noble family are said to have worn the jewel twice, the first time at the coronation of King George VI in 1937 and the second time at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, but the confirmed facts are related to this piece ends there.
