Sale 2604
New York
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10 December 2012
Price realised
USD 8,125
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND RING Set with an oval cabochon emerald, flanked on either side by a triangular-cut diamond, mounted in gold and platinum
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PROPERTY OF A LADY
Meredith Etherington-Smith looks at a selection of pieces offered in our Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva, and explains how straightened times informed their bold aesthetic
Daphne Lingon, Head of Jewellery at Christie’s in New York, on the 'dramatic' ring with which David Rockefeller proposed to Peggy in 1940
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Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May