Sale 2160
New York
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22 April 2009
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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Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA LADY
Meredith Etherington-Smith looks at a selection of pieces offered in our Magnificent Jewels sale in Geneva, and explains how straightened times informed their bold aesthetic
Daphne Lingon, Head of Jewellery at Christie’s in New York, on the 'dramatic' ring with which David Rockefeller proposed to Peggy in 1940
Jewellery specialist Jessica Peshall offers an in-depth guide to these opulent ornaments — more versatile, wearable and affordable than one might suppose
Christie’s specialist and author Raymond Sancroft-Baker offers his expert overview of one of the world’s most important jewellery houses
Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art