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Pink diamond linked to Marie Antoinette expected to sell for up to $5 million at auction

2025-05-28 16:34:00, Kuriozitete CNA

Pink diamond linked to Marie Antoinette expected to sell for up to $5 million at

A large pink diamond believed to have been passed down from French Queen Marie Antoinette to her daughter will go up for auction in New York next month and is expected to sell for millions of dollars.

The rare 10-carat diamond is set in a ring designed by jeweler Joel Arthur Rosenthal. It will be part of the "Magnificent Jewels" auction at Christie's Rockefeller Center location on June 17.

The jewel is believed to date from the mid-18th century and was once owned by Antoinette's daughter, Duchess Marie-Thérèse, the auction house said.

Pink diamond linked to Marie Antoinette expected to sell for up to $5 million at

"According to royal tradition, Queen Marie Antoinette entrusted her most precious jewels to her loyal hairdresser on the eve of her failed escape from Paris in 1791, hoping to one day retrieve them," a press release said.

This did not happen, but the jewels were passed on to Marie-Thérèse. While it is not certain, it is believed that the pink diamond was part of the inherited jewels.

The diamond continued to be passed down through generations until it was sold at auction in Geneva in 1996. It has remained out of public view ever since. /CNA





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