La Peregrina Pearl Necklace (Elizabeth Taylor / Cartier)
- Maker
- Cartier
- Year
- 16th c. pearl, Cartier mount (sold 2011)
- Rank
- 21 of 100
La Peregrina Pearl Necklace (Elizabeth Taylor / Cartier)
La Peregrina Pearl Necklace (Elizabeth Taylor / Cartier) by Cartier (16th c. pearl, Cartier mount (sold 2011)) is ranked 21 in the FLOAT 100 for Jewelry. It sold for $11,842,500 on 13 December 2011. Record price for any pearl at auction; ~500-year provenance from Spanish royalty to Elizabeth Taylor.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
Record price for any pearl at auction; ~500-year provenance from Spanish royalty to Elizabeth Taylor.
50.56-grain pear-shaped natural white pearl, Cartier ruby/pearl/diamond necklace; ex-Spanish royalty
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $11,842,500
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 13 December 2011
Christie's NY, The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor; $11.84M, record for any pearl. Richard Burton gift, 1969.
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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