The Romanovs Smuggled These Jewels Out of Russia During the Revolution. They Just Sold for $900,000.
Royal jewelry has long been a hot commodity on the auction block, and the recent sales of Marie Antoinette’s diamond bracelets to pendants belonging to Queen Victoria, proves they’re not slowing down.
Just weeks ago at Christie's Geneva, an emerald that belonged to Catherine the Great sold for over $4 million. Experts attribute the success of the sale in part to the size of the stone—75 carats—but ...
GENEVA (Reuters) – A sapphire and diamond brooch and matching earrings, which were part of the royal jewels from Russia’s Romanov family smuggled out of the country during the 1917 revolution, sold ...
Spending a day exploring the museums of Amsterdam after two days of previews at TEFAF Maastricht, I found myself traveling much farther than expected: transported in time to the royal court of the ...
The last home of Nicholas II has been restored and opened to the public as a museum outside of St. Petersburg. By Ivan Nechepurenko For the groom, a Romanov and descendant of the imperial throne, and ...
The Romanovs are arguably second only to Jack the Ripper as objects of literary speculation. The story of their last days, their possible escape and the final resting place of the $500 million in ...
The Romanovs Smuggled These Jewels Out of Russia During the Revolution. They Just Sold for $900,000.
Royal jewelry has long been a hot commodity on the auction block, and the recent sales of Marie Antoinette’s diamond bracelets to pendants belonging to Queen Victoria, proves they’re not slowing down.
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