OMG: Marie Antoinette, Duchess of Windsor jewels seek new owners at Christie’s sale – Gulf Digital News

OMG: Marie Antoinette, Duchess of Windsor jewels seek new owners at Christie’s sale – Gulf Digital News

GENEVA: Diamond bracelets that belonged to Marie Antoinette and a ruby and diamond bangle offered to the Duchess of Windsor by her husband on their first wedding anniversary will be on the auction block in Geneva next week, Christie's said on Wednesday.

A blue velvet box bearing a label "bracelets of Queen Marie Antoinette" holds the double bracelets, each composed of three strings of diamonds and a large barrette clasp, for a total of 112 diamonds.

The bracelets, now the property of a European royal family, are expected to fetch $2-4 million at the Nov. 9 auction, Christie's said.