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Dec 6, 2013 · Some of the items are being sold for the third time since the death of Edward in 1972 and of Simpson in 1986. The first such auction, which lasted for two days in Geneva in 1987, raised £31m ...
Wallis - David 23-6-35: This cross is similar to another in the original sale in 1987, lot 38. Edward's pendant designed as a Latin cross one set with rubies, the reverse inscribed and dated: David-Wallis 23.6.35: was Mrs Simpson's gift to Edward the Prince of Wales, to commemorate his forty-first birthday.
Apr 27, 2023 · As part of her jewelry collection, this exceptional brooch made by Cartier in jadeite, onyx, ruby and diamonds was sold in Geneva for CHF 372,500 at Sotheby’s. The “Café Society” would not be complete without mentioning the one who almost acted as its Queen: Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor. If her style and her elegance were so ...
Jun 23, 2020 · Jewellery is the glittering, material legacy of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. It took the place, perhaps, of art — their taste in that wasn’t sophisticated. The pictures in their house in ...
Jun 19, 2016 · At the 1987 Duchess of Windsor auction, held after her death, the Cartier diamond and onyx panther bracelet sold for $1.27 million. Twenty-three years later, the bracelet again went on the Sotheby’s auction block in 2010 and was sold again for £4.5m. 8. Cartier Windsor 20th Wedding Anniversary Brooch. The Cartier brooch was made to ...
Jun 19, 2016 · The double feathered brooch was one of the first jewelry pieces from Van Cleef & Arpels to use an “invisible” setting for the rubies and baguette diamonds. At the 1987 Duchess of Windsor auction, held after her death, the Van Cleef & Arpels ruby and diamond brooch sold for an amazing price of $806,000. 5. Van Cleef & Arpels Ruby and Diamond ...
Oct 6, 2021 · In November, Christie’s will auction off a Cartier bracelet with two rubies and diamond insets that once belonged to Wallis Simpson—or the Duchess of Windsor as she was known after she married ...
