A diamond bracelet that belonged to the queen Marie Antoinette from France, a gold, silver and diamond tiara that belonged to the princess Pauline Borghese and a pair of sneakers worn by the late star of the NBA Kobe Bryant are among the objects that will be auctioned next week in Geneva.
It is estimated that Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2K4 The blue, white and gold colors will sell for about 35,000 Swiss francs ($ 38,000) at auction on November 11 at Sotheby’s. Bryant used them on March 17, 2004, in a game in which his Lakers they beat the Clippers from The Angels, according to the auction house.
As always happens at fall auctions in Geneva, the stars of the auctions of Sotheby’s and his rival Christie’s They will be diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, rubies and other stones.
Christie’s will offer a pair of chunky 18th-century bracelets set with three rows of diamonds on Tuesday. He presents them as one of the last vestiges of the rich collection of jewels of Marie Antoinette that are still for sale.
The auction house said that the famous wife of the king Louis XVI personally wrapped her jewels in cotton in hopes of taking them away from the France revolutionary, who ended up executing her on the guillotine. The bracelets, commissioned from 1776, remained in the hands of the royal line for more than 200 years, according to Christie’s.
Despite the capture of Marie Antoinette in the French Revolution and her unfortunate death in 1793, the bracelets survived and passed to her daughter, Madame Royale and then to the Duchess of Parma“, said Max Fawcett, head of the jewelery department of Christie’s, referring respectively to Maria Teresa from France, daughter of the royal couple and the princess Luisa de Artois, died in 1864.
“Seeing them put up for auction today is a unique opportunity for world collectors to own a piece of royal French history,” he said. Fawcett.
They are estimated to be sold for about 4 million Swiss francs ($ 4.38 million). Each weighs 97 grams and includes antique cut diamonds, silver and gold.
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