Sale 8496
New York, Park Avenue
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23 - 24 October 1996
Price realised
USD 27,600
Estimate
A RETRO COLORED AND NEAR COLORLESS DIAMOND AND EMERALD RING Set with a rectangular-cut brown diamond weighing approximately 9.74 cts., within an 18K gold mount enhanced by twin calibré-cut emerald, baguette-cut near colorless diamond and platinum buckle motifs (one small emerald missing), circa 1940
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Pre-Lot Text
Bequested Property from MARGERY KAHN Sold To Benefit the Endowment of EVANSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART AND SCIENCE
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