Queen Marie Antoinette's Natural Pearl Pendant (Bourbon-Parma)
- Year
- sold 2018
- Rank
- 9 of 100
Queen Marie Antoinette's Natural Pearl Pendant (Bourbon-Parma)
Queen Marie Antoinette's Natural Pearl Pendant (Bourbon-Parma) (sold 2018) is ranked 9 in the FLOAT 100 for Jewelry. It sold for $36,165,000 on 14 November 2018. World record for any natural pearl jewel at auction; obliterated a $1-2M estimate on royal provenance.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
World record for any natural pearl jewel at auction; obliterated a $1-2M estimate on royal provenance.
Large natural drop pearl with diamond bow/cap; documented Marie Antoinette / Bourbon-Parma provenance
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $36,165,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 14 November 2018
Sotheby's Geneva, Royal Jewels from the Bourbon-Parma Family; hammer CHF 32M, all-in ~$36.16M. Record for any natural pearl.
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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