Queen with a pearl earring: Marie Antoinette`s jewellery up for auction
(The Guardian France)

Highlight diamond-and-pearl pendant piece estimated to fetch up to $2m at Sotheby´s auction in Geneva Diamond and pearl earrings, pearl necklaces, a giant pearl pendant and other jewellery once belonging to Marie Antoinette are set to go on auction in Geneva, showcasing perhaps the quintessential emblems of pre-revolutionary royal opulence in France.Sotheby´s is billing Wednesday´s sale as a rare chance to buy heirlooms and jewels that have been held in the Bourbon-Parma dynasty for generations, some of which haven´t been seen publicly for 200 years. Continue reading...