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The tiara features graduated scroll motifs set with diamonds and natural pearls.PHOTO: REUTERS
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Italian royal tiara also goes for $1.66m at Sotheby s auction in Geneva
The largest Kashmir sapphire ever to appear at auction is viewed ahead of the Sotheby s sale in Geneva. Getty Images
A Sotheby s employee displays a diamond and pearl tiara passed down through generations of the Italian royal family. AP Photo
An employee displays a diamond necklace, Harry Winston, circa 1973, set with eight pear-shaped diamonds weighing from 3.77 to 20.72 carats representing a total of 280 carats. EPA
A diamond ring set with a 40.08 carat square emerald-cut D colour flawless IIa diamond. It is estimated to sell for between $3.7 million - $4.5 million US Dollars. AP Photo
Italian royal tiara fetches $1.6 million at Swiss auction Reuters 3 days ago
ZURICH, May 11 (Reuters) - A diamond and pearl tiara passed down through generations of Italy s royal family sold for 1.5 million Swiss francs ($1.66 million) when it was auctioned in Switzerland on Tuesday.
The price was one of the highest achieved for a tiara in recent years, auctioneers Sotheby s said following the sale in Geneva.
Dating from the second half of the 19th century, the tiara was a wedding gift to Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo upon her marriage in 1867 to Amadeo I of Savoy, later king of Spain.
The tiara features graduated scroll motifs set with diamonds and natural pearls and had an estimated price of $1 million to $1.5 million.
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