Sale 1284
Geneva
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17 May 2001
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Price realised
CHF 41,125
Estimate
A PAIR OF RUBY AND DIAMOND EAR CLIPS, BY VAN CLEEF & ARPELS Each designed as a marquise-cut diamond arched cartouche-shaped panel with buff-top ruby trim, mounted in 18k gold Signed VCA for Van Cleef & Arpels, N.Y., no. 56799
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Pre-Lot Text
From Connecticut to Kent in southeast England, homes with links to such classic works as Desire under the Elms, Lord of the Flies and The Deep Blue Sea
The Belgian collector, antiques dealer and designer outlines what the art and objects in his library mean to him