Marie Antoinette’s Prized Jewelry Collection On Display – And On Sale – For The First Time In 200 Years
Laura Ly/CNNPart of the collection Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family, headlined by Marie Antoinette’s jewelry.
Several stunning pieces of French history went on display for the first time in over 200 years earlier in 2018. And if you’d had a few hundred thousand dollars lying around, you could have owned some of it too.
Jewelry from infamously luxurious — and final — French monarch Marie Antoinette’s flashy collection was auctioned off by Sotheby’s on Nov. 12 in Geneva, Switzerland as part of the Royal Jewels from the Bourbon-Parma family sale.
The personal collection features a natural pearl and diamond pendant, a diamond brooch, and a couple of pearl necklaces.
“I think she probably was one of the original, you know, the original ‘it girl’. Honestly, in terms of her style and her relationship to fashion and jewelry,” Frank Everett, vice president and sales director for Sotheby’s jewelry, reported.
Marie Antoinette’s life may not have come to a happy ending with her execution by guillotine, but her gorgeous jewelry collection has helped the beauty of her life stay alive for centuries.
