Wouldn't it be nice if MA's jewels were added to crown jewel collection in France or, at least, the remnants of the French crown jewels.
The Sotheby's Geneva sale of jewels of the Bourbon-Parma family took place today, raising over 40 million pounds sterling. This was much higher than the estimate, largely owing to the extraordinary price paid for a pearl and diamond pendant formerly belonging to Queen Marie Antoinette which sold for more than fifteen times the high estimate (estimated high price £1,523,161; actual sale price £27,684,520).
Marie Antoinette pearl auctioned for record $36m (BBC News)
Sotheby's auction results
I am not sure which members of the family benefit financially from this sale.
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