A rare diamond necklace with possible links to former French queen consort Marie Antoinette is to be auctioned in November with a price estimate of around AU$4 million. The 18th century jewel, was last seen in public in 1973 before being sold into a private collection.
Weighing 300 carats - the rare diamond necklace was made in the decade before the 1789 French Revolution.
Andres White Correal is the Chairman and Head of the Royal and Noble Sales at Sotheby’s for Europe and the Middle East. It is thought some of its diamonds may have come from the infamous Affair of the Diamond Necklace piece that tarnished the reputation of Marie Antoinette, the unpopular last queen consort of France before the French Revolution.
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