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2 days ago

Diamond brooch Napoleon lost during his escape from the Battle of Waterloo to be auctioned for the first time

The renowned auction house Sotheby's is preparing to hold one of its most anticipated annual events, the Royal & Noble Jewels auction, on November 12 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Geneva. The collection contains extraordinary pieces that after years in private hands or royal collections are now seeking new owners. Although the online bidding has been active since the end of October, the auction will officially begin Wednesday.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Jewels stolen from Louvre museum in Paris valued at $102m: Prosecutor

Eight royal jewels, including a 19th-century tiara and earrings, were stolen from the Louvre in a seven-minute daylight heist valued at about €88 million.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

No Chardins? No Leonardos? We're lucky the Louvre raiders had dreadful taste in art

I am furious. My instructions had been perfectly clear: break into the Louvre, head for the Denon wing and deliver me the Leonardo da Vincis. Instead, what did they do? Brought me trinkets! Stand there, over the trap door. A bit more to the right. It would be nice to think an art collector supervillain somewhere was punishing the Louvre raiders for their moronic bad taste.
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