Marie antoinette jewelry

The sale of jewellery from the Bourbon Parma family was 100% sold last night in Geneva, and led by pieces owned by Queen Marie Antoinette of unrivalled historic provenance. The ten pieces from her collection reached a total of CHF 43.1 million ($42.7 million) against a pre-sale estimate of CHF"u2026

This stunning necklace once belonged to Marie Antoinette, the last Queen of France (who was also daughter to Empress Theresa of Austria and Emperor Francis I). Estimated worth? $3.7 million!

That time I went to Sotheby's to try on Marie Antoinette's jewels! And some other exciting royal treasures from the Bourbon Parma collection, too.

"Diamond & enamel ring of the heavens" belonging to Marie Antoinette.

The most famous story about Marie Antoinette is false. She never said 'let them eat cake', a sentiment first recorded by Jean-Jacques Rousseau before she had ever left Austria.

The Angouleme Emerald Tiara worn by Marie Antoinette and made by Evrard and Frederic Bapst for the French crown jewels in 1820. There are 1031 diamonds and 40 emeralds in the setting. When sold in 1887, an observer remarked that anyone who had not seen it 'does not know what an emerald is, the green stones alternate with the brilliants in such a manner that there is an interplay of coloured light, the effect of which is magical.'

Cartier presented its new high jewellery collection at the Biennale in Paris this September. Precious, one-of-a-kind objects for the home such as the beautiful

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A necklace owned by Marie Antoinette auctioned at Christie's London on Dec. 12, 2007. Cate Gillon/Getty Images. Rubies and pearls.