More Than 100 Years of Signed Jewels Featured at Bonhams’ London Sale
Anthony DeMarco
Senior Contributor
Forbes.com
Jewels from French jewelry house Chaumet were among several signed pieces being offered at Bonhams’ London jewelry auction last week on September 21 at its New Bond Street headquarters.
The 244-lot sale included pieces from historic French, British, Italian and U.S. jewelry houses such as Cartier, Bulgari, Grima, Tiffany & Co. and Van Cleef & Arpels, spanning more than 100 years. Several of the Tiffany & Co. jewels include pieces by some of its most revered designers: Jean Schlumberger, Angela Cummings and Elsa Peretti.
DeMarco writes about two important Chaumet pieces, as well as a diamond necklace by British jewelers, Asprey & Garrard, that sold for £89,300, a 6.98-carat brilliant-cut D color, internally flawless diamond, that did not make the reserve, an Art Deco sapphire and diamond platinum ring, circa 1920, centered with a 7.12-carat fancy-cut sugarloaf cabochon Kashmir, that sold for £248,050, a Cartier Art Deco diamond brooch, circa 1925, which sold for £40,960, a Jean Schlumberger Tiffany & Co. gem-set seahorse brooch, circa 1960, that sold for £28,160, a Bulgari colored diamond and diamond “Trombino” ring featuring a 4.80-carat step-cut natural fancy yellow diamond, that did make the reserve, and a Cartier opal, ruby and diamond “Love Bird” brooch, circa 1948, which too did not make the reserve. follow for more Roskingemnewsreport
There were several other important pieces that did sell very well, including a Chaumet diamond necklace which DeMarco mentions, Circa 1900, that sold for £305,200, a remarkable Aquamarine (don’t call me semi-precious) and diamond necklace, Circa 1950, selling for £203,600, and a Garrard Emerald and diamond ring, that sold for £203,600.
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