The collection of the late French Queen includes a pair of pearl necklaces, a pair of natural pearl and diamond earrings, a diamond ring with the queen's hair lock and her initials, a pocket watch and a large pearl and diamond pendant worth 6.5438+0.2 million US dollars. [Evil Spark Gallery: 13 Mysterious Curse Gem]
Antoinette, one of the most famous French queens in history, 1755 was born in Austria. She married the future king Louis XVI at the age of 15 and soon lived a luxurious social life. For ordinary people, she soon became the scapegoat for all the problems in France-they accused her of living a luxurious life under high taxes, while the public struggled under high taxes.
(provided by Sotheby's), while preparing to escape from France during the French Revolution, according to the Queen's maid, the Queen spent the night carefully wrapping her jewels in cotton and putting them in a wooden box. According to a statement, the box was first sent to Brussels, and then secretly sent to Vienna to give to her nephew, the then Austrian emperor.
Antoinette and Louis XVI were beheaded in 1793, and their last surviving child, Marie Terez, claimed this collection in 1796. According to Sotheby's auction house
Introduction, since then, family members have been handed down privately, Sotheby's
The auction time is from this morning 10 to 5 pm tomorrow (10/0/0/6). This exhibition is a preview of two independent auctions to be held in the coming months. At the same time, it is also on display and can be tried for free. These jewels came from Margarita "Happy" Rockefeller, nelson rockefeller's second wife, and the vice president of the United States under General Ford. The jewelry of Frank Sinatra's last wife Barbara Sinatra is also part of this collection.
Antoinette's jewelry, as a part of the royal jewelry auctioned by the Bourbon Palma family, will be auctioned in Geneva on June 5438+065438+ 10/4, and the jewelry of Sinatra and Rockefeller will be auctioned in Sotheby's, new york on February 4, 65438.
Originally published in the journal Life Science.