Gazette Drouot - C apencheres

THE MAGAZINE UPCOMING AUCTIONS
Breathtaking jewellery
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Collection of Mrs Charles Wrightsman
5 December marks the sale of Mrs Charles Wrightsman’s jewellery collection at Sotheby’s in New York. Bidders
will feast their eyes on pieces by Cartier, Vedura and Boucheron among others, each offering a unique design
reflecting Mrs Wrightsman’s exquisite taste and connoisseurship. Within this treasure trove, the top earner is
forecast to be a natural pearl and diamond corsage ornament, with a healthy estimate of $800,000/1.2M.
Joanna Laverock
56 GAZETTE DROUOT INTERNATIONAL I N° 19
Purity, transparency…
Admire this type II A diamond set in a Cartier mount.
Other than its weight, 13.55 ct, its distinguishing
feature is its purity. It features an outstanding colour
and transparency associated with the famous deposits
of India's Golconda mines, now closed because
they have run out. The only known source of
diamonds until the 18th century, they yielded some
of the world's most beautiful diamonds, including the
Koh-I-Noor and the Regent diamond. Our piece,
which will be auctioned at Paris-Drouot on 3
December (Mathias, Baron Ribeyre & Associés,
Farrando Lemoine auction house), will be presented
with a letter from a French gemmology laboratory
stating that it is chemically pure.