Sale 1321
Hotel Richemond
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18 November 2004
Price realised
CHF 53,775
Estimate
A PAIR OF UNMOUNTED DIAMONDS The brilliant-cut diamonds weighing 3.90 and 3.92 carats (2)
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Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
How a Royal Navy ship came to provide the timber for a famous White House desk — and to inspire an atmospheric painting
Both in Belle Epoque Paris and Berlin between the wars, Jeanne Mammen documented European café society from a woman’s perspective