Sotheby’s Geneva To Auction Antique Jewelry In February
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January 24, 2007 4:48 p.m. EST
Shaveta Bansal – All Headline News Staff Writer
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Geneva, Switzerland (AHN) – Continuing with the decades old custom, the world’s leading auction house, Sotheby’s Geneva, has announced the dates for annual auction of the antique jewelry collected from around the globe. This year’s traditional sale, which has been taking place every winter since 1976, has been organized at The Kulm Hotel – one of the most historic hotels at St. Moritz.
This year’s collection, which includes diamonds, emeralds and other precious stones mounted as rings, necklaces and earclips, has been created by such fashion houses as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Chanel, Boucheron, Bulgari and Harry Winston.
“A total of 370 lots will come under the hammer, a delight for lovers and collectors of diamonds and exceptional jewelry,” Fibre2Fashion.com quoted Brett O’Connor, Head of the Geneva Jewelry Department, as saying.
All the pieces of jewelry will be exhibited to the public starting Feb. 17, 2007, with the final sale concluding the auction on Feb.20, 2007.
Sotheby’s, which celebrated its 30th anniversary of St. Moritz sales last year, has been known for auctioning many important jewels, notably the magnificent pink diamond weighing 20.62 carats for $5,635,957 in 1990; and the famous Ashoka diamond weighing 41.37 carats, which sold for $ 4,314,716 in 1988.
