The Duchess’s collection of designer jewels was first offered at auction at a sale held along Lake Geneva in 1987, where bids soared, far exceeding pre-sale estimates.

The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor collection was auctioned by Sotheby’s in London on November 30, 2010. The collection, originally auctioned in 1983, comprises 20 pieces owned by former ...

Jewels that King Edward VIII gave the woman for whom he abdicated sold for 8 million pounds ($12.5 million) in London tonight, almost twice the presale estimate, as collectors battled for works by ...

Tony Soprano, The Duchess of Windsor, and Me: A Brief History of Heart Jewelry Just in time for Valentine's Day. By Stellene Volandes Published: Feb 02, 2023 12:40 PM EST ...

Sotheby's says it is auctioning about 3 million pounds ($4.6 million) worth of jewelry once owned by Wallis Simpson, the American socialite who became Duchess of Windsor.

A selection of the Duchess of Windsor’s jewels fetched $12.5 million at auction this week. Martyn Gregory, who produced a BBC film about the famous collection, recalls Mohamed Al-Fayed’s ...

Jewels for the Duchess. ... that of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Edward and Wallis ... And Wallis was the first in 1948 to have a panther-shaped jewel from the famous “feline zoo” of Cartier.

She can recount those pangs of regret in detail as she lists the jewels that got away: the Duchess of Windsor’s Cartier Flamingo brooch, Diana Vreeland’s Schlumberger, so much of Liz Taylor ...

Rome Journal on Christie's auction of Duchess of Windsor memorabilia, including 14 love letters from Edward VIII and letter from her former husband, Ernest Simpson; photos (M) By Alan Cowell ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Diamond bracelets that belonged to Marie Antoinette and a ruby and diamond bangle offered to the Duchess of Windsor by her husband on their ...

A set of jewels once owned by American socialite Wallis Simpson — the woman who wooed King Edward VIII from the British throne and became the Duchess of Windsor — fetched nearly $12.5 million ...