Sale 1241
Geneva
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20 - 21 February 1998
Price realised
CHF 57,500
Estimate
A SINGLE-STONE DIAMOND RING, BY CARTIER Set with a circular-cut diamond weighing 3.56 carats to the tapered baguette-cut diamond shoulders and plain hoop, with French assay mark, in a Cartier red leather fitted case Signed by Cartier, Paris, no. B3469 (indistinct)
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