When last brought to auction at christie s in 1999 the necklace fetched a record buying price of 1 47 million.
The most expensive pearl necklace.
While the record has since been broken by other natural pearl necklaces of storied provenance at the time the hutton antoinette pearl necklace was the most expensive pearl necklace in the world.
2 the seven strand pearl necklace.
Meet the second most expensive pearl jewelry piece in the world also known as christie geneva s seven strand pearl necklace.
It does not matter whether the pearls is actually a part of a necklace or it stands by itself and we can value them by ourselves.
In this topten article we introduce you the world s most expensive pearls ever.
The most expensive pieces of pearl jewelry in the world.
Don t know if la peregrina is the world s most expensive pearl necklace because of 50 6 carat pearl or because it was owned by the iconic elizabeth taylor.
A valentine s day gift to her by her two time husband richard burton the necklace fetched a staggering 11 8 million at christie s in new york tuesday.
Cartier had been assembling the natural pearl necklace over a number of years.
With its gorgeous design featuring no less than 600 natural pearls in shades of radiant cream and gold this luxurious creation was sold back in 2013 for a whopping 9 1 million usd.
Here are seven of those fabulous pieces.
During the 1910 s and 1920 s pearl necklaces commanded the same prices as the most expensive rembrandts and similar works by old masters the two strands of fifty five and seventy three pearls were valued at one million dollars.
Celebrities jewelry connoisseurs royals from every continent and more have paid millions of dollars to get their hands on high quality pearls some of which fetched record breaking sums.