Sale 12183
New York
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7 December 2016
Price realised
USD 1,027,500
Estimate
A DIAMOND CLUSTER NECKLACE, BY HARRY WINSTON AND A PHOTOGRAPH, BY CECIL BEATON Designed as a graduated pear, circular and marquise-cut diamond cluster necklace, the largest twelve pear-shaped diamonds weighing from approximately 4.10 to 2.17 carats, 16 ins., mounted in platinum; with hidden pendant hoop for suspension, front may be separated and worn as a bracelet of 7 ins., in a Harry Winston black case, accompanied by a signed gelatin silver print by Cecil Beaton of Betsy Bloomingdale wearing the necklace No. 4859 Accompanied by ten reports dated from 13 September to 14 September 2016 from the GIA Gemological Institute of America stating that ten of the pear brilliant-cut diamonds, weighing from approximately 4.10 to 2.17 carats, range from D to F color, and from VVS2 to SI2 clarity
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