The queen’s historic bracelets were kept by descendants of her family for 200 years.
A pair of diamond bracelets that belonged to Queen Marie Antoinette of France were auctioned for 7.46 million Swiss francs (7.05 million euros / 8.15 million dollars), the auction house Christie’s, in charge, reported today. of the event.
The queen’s historic bracelets, kept by descendants of her family for 200 years, were anticipated as one of the most important jewels in Christie’s fall sales.
The auction house had made an estimate of the value of these pieces that ranged between 2 and 4 million francs, but the final price far exceeded expectations, rising to 6.2 million francs (7.46 million if taxes are included and commissions).
This pair of bracelets, composed of 112 diamonds and clad in silver and yellow gold, were taken from revolutionary France, along with other royal jewels, in a wooden chest by order of the wife of Louis XVI and transported to Brussels, where he reigned. his sister and one of his most trusted collaborators resided.
He sent the jewels to Vienna so that the Austrian Emperor and Marie Antoinette’s nephew would keep them safe. Later they passed to the only daughter of the kings who survived the Revolution, María Teresa, and since then they had been preserved within the family, until 2018 when some important pieces of this collection were auctioned.
Another important auction house, Sotheby’s, plans to auction today other jewels from a European royal house: a brooch and a pair of earrings made of sapphires and diamonds that belonged to the Russian Duchess Maria Pavlona, aunt of Tsar Nicolas II, and that they were also removed from the country for protection during the Russian Revolution of 1917. (I)
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