Archive for December 17th, 2007
No Market for a Queen’s Bling
Monday, December 17th, 2007A recent auction of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette failed to reach the reserve price at Christie’s. The queen gave the pearls to the Countess of Sutherland as a part of a fund-raising exercise but was executed before the scheme could be enacted. The pearls have been in the family ever since. You can [...]