• Magnificent Jewels auction at Christies

    Sale 2604

    Magnificent Jewels

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    10 December 2012

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    • TWO DIAMOND NECKLACES, BY FRED
    Lot 148

    TWO DIAMOND NECKLACES, BY FRED LEIGHTON

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    USD 50,000

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    USD 30,000 - USD 50,000

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    TWO DIAMOND NECKLACES, BY FRED LEIGHTON
    Comprising two necklaces, the first designed as a graduated series of cushion-shaped rose-cut diamonds, each within a circular-cut diamond surround, spaced by circular-cut diamonds, 13¾ ins.; and the second designed as a series of variously-shaped rose-cut diamonds, each within a circular-cut diamond surround, 14½ ins., mounted in platinum and 18k white gold, in a Fred Leighton gray leather case
    Each signed Fred Leighton (2)

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