Diamond necklace linked to Marie Antoinette up for auction | ABS-CBN News
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- A rare diamond necklace with possible links to former French queen consort Marie Antoinette is to be auctioned in November with a price estimate of up to $2.8 million.
The 18th century jewel, weighing 300 carats, was made in the decade before the 1789 French Revolution and was last seen in public in 1973 before being sold into a private collection.
Made up of three rows of diamonds with diamond tassels at each end, the piece went on public display for the first time in 50 years on Monday (September 23) at Sotheby's London showrooms.
"Diamonds were always repurposed and because the mines of Golconda in India went extinct at the end of the 18th century, most of the 18th century jewels, in order to keep with fashion, were broken up," Andres White Correal, Chairman and Head of the Royal and Noble Sales at Sotheby’s for Europe and the Middle East, told Reuters.
"So to have an 18th century jewel intact of this magnitude, size and the importance of the diamonds, is exceptionally rare."
It is thought some of its diamonds may have come from the infamous "Affair of the Diamond Necklace" piece that tarnished the reputation of Marie Antoinette, the unpopular last queen consort of France before the French Revolution.
The necklace did belong to the Marquesses of Anglesey, an Anglo-Welsh aristocratic family, with members wearing it to the coronations of King George VI in 1937 and Queen Elizabeth in 1953.
"The ladies who wore these things, thought it was part of that (Marie Antoinette) necklace," said White Correal.
"Now, how we can come and confirm that, when we have researched all the archives of the Anglesey family and there is no clear indication to that, it's impossible to guarantee. But it's another wonderful story that enriches the legend of the necklace," he said.
The necklace will be offered for sale at Sotheby's "Royal & Noble Jewels" sale in Geneva on Nov. 11.
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*_Five. HUNDRED. Stones?!_** (A gal could lose her head over **_that_** much ice.)* 😳
Where is the link to Marie Antoinette?
@@andyroo9381 the necklace was originally for du Barry, but du Barry was banished from French court when Louis 15 died, they offered it to Marie Antoinette but she didnt want it. When the notorious Jeanne de Valois heard of the necklace they seek the help of a prostitute that resembles Marie Antoinette to acquire the necklace through Cardinal de Rohan ( which Marie hated as the cardinal slandered the Empress of Austria, Antoinettes mother ).
*They do a lousy job clarifying things. Its "legend" includes speculation **_some_** of its stones may've come from a different necklace: the scandalous object of Antoinette's “Affair of the Diamond Necklace.” (Stream the 2001 film for details.)*
Is that my necklace? Raven!!!! I’ve been looking for that…
The valuation seems low! Always curious to me why they mounted Jewelry in silver which always turns black or dark. 🤔.
Is it cursed?
@@workingstudentera No. But it caused more hate and disgust towards Antoinette.
lagot! please do NOT show that to Imelda Marcos!!!
I’m sorry but it’s horrid.
wala naman sparkle yong diamond.
If you are claiming that that jewelry was Marie Antoinette, then all the diamonds came from south Africa, and laid only by Faberge and that necklace. If it did belong to Marie Antoinnette comes apart to make different size necklaces, all the diamonds that Marie Antoinette had came from South Africa..
@@garfieldwilliams74 it was not owned by Marie, it was offered to her by Louis 16 but she declined.
cowbells. 😂
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100 million starting price bibilin na ni first lady yarn 😂
2.8m....affordable f/ some
Do they have a portrait of her wearing it?
if that is part of the diamond affair necklace, no portrait of Marie existed because Marie never owned it and Marie never wanted it as the necklace was originally commissioned for Madame Du Barry ( which Marie disliked so much) and the necklace ended up in the hands of Jeanne de Valois-Saint Remy with the help of the deceived Cardinal de Rohan.
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@Nikitateagurl ikaw naman Aling Itang that piece of jewelry is antique pave' with old mine cut diamonds! That is worth millions of dollars when auctioned in the world's 2 leading auctioneers, Christie's and Sotheby's! Well, I understand you.
Ikaw naman Manang Kitang, kung pangLazada lang yang budget mo sa jewelry, wag mo namang dalahin sa comment section na Ito. Sotheby is an institution when it comes to auctioning one-of-a-kind jewelries fit for royalty. Well, I know where you are coming from.
Wag na magaway at manglait pare-pareho naman tayong walang pambili nyan….
@@viajerongguro Do you? If you are going to look down on people because you think they didn't " look the part" at least spell Sotheby's right ( with 's). It really amazes me how people get so pretentious around luxury/high-end brands. Your overly elaborate or jargon-filled description of Sotheby's came across as an unnecessary display of knowledge or an attempt to appear sophisticated, which some view as pretentious behaviour.
Hahaha