A FORTUNE FOR A NECKLACE.
. Enprmous :r . as tho .'£10,600 paid at Christie's,,- for. a ' pearl .h?qklace .lias.'.been,,exceeded, at least once, in W.;Salo-. by; auction:.'j!-'At, the sale.! of. ;.tho jewels of the. late Duchess of Montrose tho bidding !for a., necklaco .of eight rows of .412, pearls opened at £5000. and roso rapidly, by ! bids... of '-£1000,•: £500,: and smaller sums, until: it'-reached . £]J|B2o, at which figure it,.was.vkriocked dow'n;-,to Mr. J. Hill. /. ■ Even; this enormous sum is trivial compared .;with the r . estimated values of other pearl' necklaces; which.-, havo not come tinder the,.auctioneer's .hammer. . Tho late Empress Fredoriok -qf' Germany was the owner o£ ; -'a neoklaco of,, thirty-two pearls, valued at! : !£50,000,; ~an, equally valuable necklace,' ownecl 'by ,thq ~Countess I-lenckel, is composed- of- three rows'!o'f.- pearls, one of. which formerly /belonged, ,to ..tho last 'Queen of, 'Naples,./and. .anptlijir; to tho Empress Eugenic.! -•; ! Lady ilcliester's famous necklaco of black pearls',if)/said:,to hny'o cost, between £20,000 ■ !and-£30,000and itljesame sum represents !the/:- value 'of - a .-necklace of ten rows of poarisj-' 'the tho lato, Duchess of !fl'Juoh.; was ; produced in ono of our Ghancorv Courts : a year or two ago. —"Westminster. Gazetto." . - . .. - n-'
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 209, 28 May 1908, Page 4
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191A FORTUNE FOR A NECKLACE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 209, 28 May 1908, Page 4
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