The necklace containing around 300 carats of diamonds was bought by an unidentified woman who put in her bid over the phone, ...

Royal jewels, historic pieces and creations by Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels dominated at the recently held auctions in ...

A mysterious necklace with possible links to a Marie Antoinette scandal, sold for $4.8 million at an auction in Geneva ...

Armed robbers snatched jewels worth millions from a work by famed Parisian goldsmith Joseph Chaumet and classed a national treasure in a brazen heist at a French museum.

Some of the gems may have featured in a royal scandal known as the "affair of the diamond necklace" that damaged the French ...

“When compared to other surviving Imperial and Royal jewels from the same period ... accused of having an immoral ...

Worn at Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953, the 300-carat diamond necklace sold Wednesday for more than twice its ...

the French Crown Jewels were sold in 1887. Eugenie, exiled to England, sold her personal jewels between 1870 and 1972. At that point, they were acquired by the Russian royal family. Jeweler Pierre ...

Sotheby's called Wednesday's auction in Geneva "one of the most important royal jewellery collections ever to appear on the market". The French queen's jewels are part of a larger collection ...