Tag: David Bennett

Sotheby’s Geneva Sale of Magnificent & Noble Jewels Sets a World Auction Record for a Tiara

GENEVA.- This evening Sotheby’s Geneva sold the most important emerald and diamond tiara to have appeared at auction in over 30 years for CHF 11,282,500 /$12,736,927, the highest price ever achieved for a tiara at auction. Six bidders competed for…

Sotheby’s Geneva 17th May Sale of Magnificent & Noble Jewels to Present an Important Pink Diamond

GENEVA.- Sotheby’s Geneva announces that it will present an important pink diamond, weighing 10.99 carats in its sale of Magnificent & Noble Jewels on 17 May 2011 six months after the record breaking sale of the ‘Graff Pink’ – the most e…

Sotheby’s Geneva 17th May sale of Magnificent & Noble Jewels To present An Important Pink Diamond

GENEVA.- Sotheby’s Geneva announces that it will present an important pink diamond, weighing 10.99 carats in its sale of Magnificent & Noble Jewels on 17 May 2011 six months after the record breaking sale of the ‘Graff Pink’ – the most e…

Sotheby’s Geneva to Sell the Most Important Emerald & Diamond Tiara to Come to Auction in 30 Years

GENEVA.- David Bennett, Sotheby’s Chairman of Jewellery for Europe and the Middle East, today announced that Sotheby’s will sell the most valuable emerald and diamond Tiara to have appeared at auction in over 30 years in its sale of Magnifice…

Jewels & Objects Formerly in the Collection of The Duchess of Windsor Sell for Double-Estimate

LONDON.- Tonight at Sotheby’s, a group of 20 exceptional jewels and precious objects formerly in the collection of The Duchess of Windsor were presented for sale, some 23 years after they were last auctioned in the legendary auction of “The J…

Sotheby’s to Offer the Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor, One of the Greatest Jewellery Collections

LONDON.- Twenty-three years after the legendary auction of the “Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor” – still the most valuable single-owner jewellery collection ever sold* – Sotheby’s offer twenty pieces for sale in London on 30 N…

Sotheby’s to Offer the Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor, One of the Greatest Jewellery Collections

LONDON.- Twenty-three years after the legendary auction of the “Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor” – still the most valuable single-owner jewellery collection ever sold* – Sotheby’s offer twenty pieces for sale in London on 30 N…

For Sale: Jewels Britain’s King Edward VIII Showered on U.S. Lover

LONDON (REUTERS).- Jewels bought by Britain’s King Edward VIII for his American wife Wallis Simpson are expected to fetch up to 3 million pounds ($4.55 million) at auction in November, Sotheby’s said on Thursday. The king, who renounced his claim to th…

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