Cartier Romanov Sapphire Bracelet Sells for $4.9 Million in Geneva
A private collector bought the rare 197.80-carat sapphire, which Sotheby’s said far exceeded its 850,000 to 1.7 million franc estimate.
- On Wednesday, Sotheby sold a Cartier bracelet centered on a Romanov sapphire at a Geneva auction for more than 4.1 million Swiss francs , vastly exceeding expectations.
- Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, mother of Czar Nicholas, wore the sapphire at the 1903 Winter Palace Ball, "widely regarded as the last great spectacle of Imperial Russia and immortalized in some of the most iconic images of the Romanov court."
- The cushion-shaped Ceylon sapphire weighs 197.80 carats with no heat treatment; Cartier mounted it on a diamond-covered bracelet in 2015, according to Sotheby.
- Final bidding surpassed the estimated range of 850,000 to 1.7 million francs , with an unidentified private collector purchasing the rare piece.
- After the Russian Revolution, the sapphire entered Soviet dispersal sales; socialite Ganna Walska acquired it in 1927 and later consigned it to Sotheby's Parke Bernet in New York in 1971.
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At an auction in Switzerland, a blue sapphire the size of a ping-pong ball was sold for 4.4 million euros. The gemstone, set in a diamond bracelet, was once owned by the Romanovs, the imperial family of Russia. The 198-carat sapphire (about 40 grams) was described as one of the most important gemstones of the Russian court. Tsar Nicholas's mother wore it in 1903 at a ball in the Winter Palace in a brooch by jeweler Fabergé. At that party, the g…
A spectacular 197.80 carat Romanov sapphire, linked to Russia's imperial court, raised the auction at Sotheby's in Geneva, selling 4.1 million francs (4.4 million euros), more than double its estimated price.
A stunning 197.80-carat Romanov sapphire, associated with the imperial court of Russia, sold for 4.1 million Swiss francs (4.4 million euros) at an auction at Sotheby's in Geneva. The price is more than double its estimate. This Ceylon sapphire, in a bright blue color, measuring about 3.5 by 3 centimeters, joined the Romanov collection in the mid-19th century. Its estimated value by the auction house was 1.7 million, before its sale yesterday, …
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna wore sapphire at the famous balls held at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg in 1903.
At an auction in Geneva, a bracelet with a remarkable blue sapphire sold for an amount far above its estimate.
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