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representing Catherine,Fivefingers Sprint Shoes, Empress of Russia" and "two diamond alternate clasps." Several newspaper accounts from the '20s suggested that the pearls did indeed
once belong to Catherine; Anna Thomson Dodge's heirs maintain that Horace bought the pearls from Cartier on that basis.
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Automotive billionaire Horace Elgin Dodge purchased the necklace from Cartier in Paris in 1920 for his wife Anna Thomson Dodge at the astonishing price of
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Now reduced to three strands comprised of 224 pearls and two Cartier diamond clasps, the necklace is estimated at $500,cartier lanieres diamond tennis bracelets (http://www.topctstore.net/Cartier-Love/Bracelet-18-carat-yellow-gold_400.htm),000- $700,000,a hefty sum,cartier love (http://www.topctstore.net/Cartier-Pen/Pasha-fountain-pen-printed-circuit-decor_510.htm), to be
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representing Catherine,Fivefingers Sprint Shoes, Empress of Russia" and "two diamond alternate clasps." Several newspaper accounts from the '20s suggested that the pearls did indeed
once belong to Catherine; Anna Thomson Dodge's heirs maintain that Horace bought the pearls from Cartier on that basis.
A mysterious pearl necklace that may have once belonged to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia,discount love bracelet cartier (http://www.topctstore.net/Cartier-Love/leve-bracelet-with-leathern-pink-gold_411.htm), will be auctioned off by Bonhams in New York in December.
Automotive billionaire Horace Elgin Dodge purchased the necklace from Cartier in Paris in 1920 for his wife Anna Thomson Dodge at the astonishing price of
$825,cartier deployment watchband (http://www.topcartiersale.net/Cartier-Mens_Watches/Cartier-Pasha-Seatimer-Stainless-Steel-White-Dial-Mens-Watch_594.htm),000 - about $8 million in today's dollars.
In 1920,cartier trinity pen (http://www.topctstore.net/Cartier-Pen/Cartier-Trinity-De-Cartier-Resille-Palladium-Roller-Pen_504.htm), before the advent of cultured pearls,cartier bracelets for women (http://www.topcartiersale.net/Cartier-Bracelets/18-carat-white-gold-overlap-bracelet_544.htm),Christmas Gift 4, they were exceedingly rare and valuable,cartier mens gold rings (http://www.topctstore.net/Cartier-Love/ring-18-carat-pink-gold-diamonds_390.htm), much more so than diamonds. Nowadays pearls have become more
commonplace while diamonds are more precious, though a true connoisseur recognizes the value of the Dodge necklace,vintage cartier rings (http://www.topctstore.net/Cartier-Love/ring-18-carat-white-gold-screws-ring_434.htm),Pasha fountain pen printed circuit decor (http://www.topcartiersale.net/Cartier-Pen/Pasha-de-cartier-rollerball-godrons-decor_508.htm), which is made of all natural pearls.
Now reduced to three strands comprised of 224 pearls and two Cartier diamond clasps, the necklace is estimated at $500,cartier lanieres diamond tennis bracelets (http://www.topctstore.net/Cartier-Love/Bracelet-18-carat-yellow-gold_400.htm),000- $700,000,a hefty sum,cartier love (http://www.topctstore.net/Cartier-Pen/Pasha-fountain-pen-printed-circuit-decor_510.htm), to be
sure,Double Yellow Gold Beads Necklace Diamond (http://www.topctstore.net/Cartier-Necklaces/cartier-3-gold-necklace_467.htm), but far less than Horace originally paid. The reason for the depreciation has less to do with the reduction in strands than with changing fashion and
an evolving jewelry marketplace.