Pink Diamond tied to Marie Antoinette hopes to sell for up to $ 5 million in an auction

A great pink diamond that is believed to be transmitted from France Queen Marie Antonieta For his daughter he auction in New York next month, and is expected to be sold for millions of dollars.

The rare 10 carat diamond is located in a ring designed by jeweler Joel Arthur Rosenthal. It will be part of the live auction of the “magnificent jewels” in the location of the Christie Rockefeller Center on June 17.

It is believed that the comet’s jewel dates back to the mid-18th century and once it was owned by Antoinette’s daughter, Duchess Marie-Thérèse, said the auction house.

“According to the real tradition, Queen Marie Antoinette trusted her most precious jewels to her faithful Coiffeur on the eve of her failed escape in Paris in 1791, hoping to claim them someday,” said Christie’s in a press release.

That did not happen, but the jewels were transmitted to Marie-Thérèse. While it is not safe, it is believed that the pink diamond was part of the transmitted jewels.

The diamond continued transmitted for generations until it was sold at an auction in 1996 in Geneva, said Christie’s. It has remained out of public view since then.

Rahul Kadakia, the international chief of jewels in Christie’s, called for the jewel a “very special diamond.”

“It is an elegant purple pink diamond of the 18th century and most likely from the Golconda mines in India,” Kadakia told News.

It is estimated that $ 3 million is sold at $ 5 million in the auction.

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