Sale 1128
Geneva
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19 November 1992
Price realised
CHF 209,000
Estimate
The Property of A GENTLEMAN AN IMPORTANT DIAMOND LINE BRACELET Set with fifteen graduated rectangular-cut diamonds with baguette-cut diamond two-stone intersections, mounted in platinum, 17.5 cm. Signed by Van Cleef & Arpels, no. 68395
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