Six of the top 10 items Sotheby’s offered at a single-owner sale of over 220 iconic jewels failed to find buyers.
The event, called From the Vault: Exceptional Signed Jewels, featured a curated collection with a focus on iconic motifs, such as Van Cleef & Arpels’ famous Zip necklace, a Cartier Panthère and a Bulgari Serpenti.
In total, the March 7 auction in New York, which featured pieces signed by well-known design houses, brought in $8.4 million, according to the Sotheby’s website. Meanwhile, a matching necklace and earrings set by Asprey, which was due to lead the sale, was not on the final list of items. It was unclear at press time whether the piece was withdrawn. It was originally estimated to fetch between $2 million and $3 million.
The top seller at the auction was a cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut, 41.02-carat, fancy-intense-yellow diamond ring, which went for $1 million, within its estimated range.
Here are the rest of the top 10 jewels that sold at the auction:
Main image: The 41.02-carat yellow diamond ring. (Sotheby’s)
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