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This pair of earrings deserves an entire blog post to itself. Maybe itโs because I adore opals or because I wish I could wear these
The heirlooms hit the auction block in June of 2011 at Christieโs in London. ย Their initial pre-auction estimate wasย ยฃ10,000 โ ยฃ15,000, but they are notable because they ended up selling for nearly triple the high end of that estimate atย ยฃ42,050!
Christieโs describes the heirlooms as a โdrop-shaped opal, the terminals decorated with staggered baguette-cut and circular-cut diamonds collets to the diamond surmount,ย circa 1930, 6.0cm long.โ ย
It is surprising how low the estimated value was considering the size and color of the opals.
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