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Princess Demidoff’s Incredible Jewels

Result EUR400,000
Published on , by Philippe Dufour
Auction on 04 June 2022 - 14:00 (CEST) - 1190, route nationale 8 - 83190 Ollioules

This sale of fine jewelry in the Var, in southern France, recalled a flamboyant interwar couple that owned four outstanding pieces.

French, two-toned gold transformation brooch, the center set with an approximately... Princess Demidoff’s Incredible Jewels

French, two-toned gold transformation brooch, the center set with an approximately 6.90-ct unheated Kashmir cushion sapphire surrounded by 37 old-cut diamonds, the whole surmounted by a fine seawater pearl.
Result: €400,000

In 1917, Count Foulques de Baillardel de Lareinty de Tholozan (1895-1944) married Princess Zenaide Pavlona Demidoff (1899-1981) in Russia. The couple fled the October Revolution for Paris, where they began a whirlwind high-society life. Then they moved to the Château…
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