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What Happened to Marie Antoinette's Jewels? Diamonds, Pearls and the Necklace That Launched a Revolution
Boehmer and Bassenge, in need of a buyer, got in contact with a noblewoman and con artist ... Marie-Thérèse de France, the only surviving child of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, received the ...
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Marie Antoinette pearl auctioned for record $36m
The star of the auction was Marie Antoinette's Pearl ... jewellery sold by Italy's royal Bourbon-Parma house. Some of the jewels had not been seen in public for 200 years. The previous record ...
Daily Mail10d
Diamond necklace that graced George VI's Coronation and was linked to scandal that ruined Marie Antoinette's reputation is set to fetch £2.1m at auction
Marie Antoinette was only 14 and Louis just 15 when they married and received two million francs worth of jewellery from her French father-in-law. The queen would also receive many more jewels ...
The Daily Telegraph11d
The story behind the dazzling £2.1 million diamond necklace linked to Marie Antoinette’s downfall
An antique diamond necklace worn at two British coronations, which experts believe is linked to an historic scandal involving Marie Antoinette ... most Georgian diamond jewels have been dismantled ...
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Marie Antoinette's bracelets sell at auction for $8m
Two diamond bracelets once owned by the queen of France, Marie Antoinette, have sold at auction ... a letter stating that a wooden chest with jewels would be sent for safekeeping.