A detail of the emerald tiara. (Click on image to enlarge)
The highest price ever achieved for a tiara at auction was made at Sotheby’s in Geneva on May 17. The most important emerald and diamond tiara to have appeared at auction in over 30 years sold for a $2.7 million over the top estimate price of CHF 11,282,500/ $12,736,927. This also represented an auction record for a piece of emerald jewellery.
Six bidders competed for the magnificent and extremely rare emerald and diamond tiara, circa 1900, which was formerly in the Collection of Princess Katharina Henckel von Donnersmarck. It had been estimated at $5-$10 million).
The sale total for the entire sale of Magnificent and Noble Jewels was CHF 78,944,900/ $89,121,687 (est. CHF 41.9 – 69 million / $ 47.3 – 77.9 million).
See antiquesandartireland.com posts for April 26 and March 25.