HISTORIC JEWELS
SALES AT CHRISTIE'S It is now yidely known that when the intimate letters of Napoleon to his Marie Louise were bought for the French nation at £19,000, an American syndicate was just too late to win them, states tho Daily Telegraph, London. Recently, however, at Christie's, it was for an American buyer—disguised as "Mr. Wadp"—that jewelled girdle worn by Mario Louise at the marriage ceremony with Napoleon was bought for £305. It may be abided that Mr. Neville Chamberlain's uncle acquired it at Christie's about 40 years ago for a nearly similar sum. The sale of jewels on the same day totalled £11,890, and private buyers were prominent in the bidding. A casket sent by Captain Arthur Hey wood, of Market Drayton, included a diamond head ornament of 20 graduated clusters of sparkling stones, which brought £llBO, and a diamond clustered necklace with a brilliant pendant and gold bracelet was sold for £I7OO. Lady Brougham's necklace of 93 pearls brought £6lO, and a pair of diamond ear ornaments £550.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22231, 4 October 1935, Page 20
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171HISTORIC JEWELS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22231, 4 October 1935, Page 20
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