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<p>[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 400604, member: 602"]<font size="6"><b>WELL</b></font>, when I saw the link on <b><a href="https://www.christies.com/features/Cultured-and-natural-pearls-collecting-guide-9356-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9356" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.christies.com/features/Cultured-and-natural-pearls-collecting-guide-9356-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9356" rel="nofollow">Collecting guide: Cultured and natural pearls</a>, </b>of course I just HAD to take a look and then spied this lovely piece HEADING THE ARTICLE, NO LESS!!:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>"1. Pearls don’t have to be pricey </b></p><p><br /></p><p>Coveted by both Eastern and Western collectors for centuries, pearls have historically adorned some of the world’s most extravagant monarchs and society figures. Famous wearers of pearl jewellery include King Henry VIII, Coco Chanel, who wore cultured pearls, Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor — whose natural 16th-century pearl <a href="http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/jewelry/la-peregrina-a-natural-pearl-diamond-5507887-details.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/jewelry/la-peregrina-a-natural-pearl-diamond-5507887-details.aspx" rel="nofollow">La Peregrina</a> (below) set two world auction records when it sold for <b><u>$11,842,500</u></b> at Christie’s in 2011.<b>"</b></p><p>(If THAT'S not pricey, someone PLEASE tell me what IS????)</p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="6">SO</font></b>, talk about a "CHOKER".................<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie84" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.....Albeit absolutely STUNNING!!!!!!.......<font size="3">and I'd be afraid to have it in the house OR bank vault!!!!</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]139484[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Aquitaine, post: 400604, member: 602"][SIZE=6][B]WELL[/B][/SIZE], when I saw the link on [B][URL='https://www.christies.com/features/Cultured-and-natural-pearls-collecting-guide-9356-1.aspx?sc_lang=en#FID-9356']Collecting guide: Cultured and natural pearls[/URL], [/B]of course I just HAD to take a look and then spied this lovely piece HEADING THE ARTICLE, NO LESS!!: [B]"1. Pearls don’t have to be pricey [/B] Coveted by both Eastern and Western collectors for centuries, pearls have historically adorned some of the world’s most extravagant monarchs and society figures. Famous wearers of pearl jewellery include King Henry VIII, Coco Chanel, who wore cultured pearls, Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor — whose natural 16th-century pearl [URL='http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/jewelry/la-peregrina-a-natural-pearl-diamond-5507887-details.aspx']La Peregrina[/URL] (below) set two world auction records when it sold for [B][U]$11,842,500[/U][/B] at Christie’s in 2011.[B]"[/B] (If THAT'S not pricey, someone PLEASE tell me what IS????) [B][SIZE=6]SO[/SIZE][/B], talk about a "CHOKER".................:smuggrin::smuggrin::smuggrin::smuggrin::smuggrin::smuggrin::smuggrin:.....Albeit absolutely STUNNING!!!!!!.......[SIZE=3]and I'd be afraid to have it in the house OR bank vault!!!![/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]139484[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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