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Duchess of Windsor's Cartier Panthere Bracelet

Maker
Cartier
Year
1952 (sold 2010)
Rank
27 of 100

Duchess of Windsor's Cartier Panthere Bracelet

Duchess of Windsor's Cartier Panthere Bracelet by Cartier (1952 (sold 2010)) is ranked 27 in the FLOAT 100 for Jewelry. It sold for $7,300,000 on 30 November 2010. The most famous Cartier panther; defines the articulated Panthere and set the bracelet auction record.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

The most famous Cartier panther; defines the articulated Panthere and set the bracelet auction record.

Fully articulated onyx-and-diamond panther, marquise emerald eyes; Wallis Simpson commission

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$7,300,000
Kind
Realized at auction
Date
30 November 2010

Sotheby's London; GBP 4.5M hammer (~$7.3M), then a record for a bracelet at auction. GBP figure authoritative.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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