Sale 2160
New York
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22 April 2009
PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA LADY
Price realised
USD 16,250
Estimate
A SET OF DIAMOND AND CULTURED PEARL JEWELRY Comprising a pair of ear pendants, each suspending a detachable drop-shaped cultured pearl, measuring approximately 13.35 x 17.50 mm, with a marquise-cut diamond cap, swinging within a detachable graduated circular-cut diamond frame, to the twin circular and old European-cut diamond surmount; and a ring, set with a cultured pearl, measuring approximately 13.25 mm, within a marquise-cut diamond surround, to the circular-cut diamond shoulders, mounted in platinum (2)
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