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A well-placed pearl or Maltese cross is as crucial to the quintessential Chanel ensemble as a tweed jacket or quilted bag. Now comes the opportunity to make a rare and historic Chanel fashion jewel your own, as bidding opens on an online auction of more than 100 pieces created by Karl Lagerfeld during his 36-year tenure as the house’s creative director. Pictured here in 1984, Karl Lagerfeld understood the house’s DNA from the very beginning and it allowed him to take it to new heights of creativity and extravagance. © John van Hasselt - Corbis Susan and Karl: Important Chanel Fashion Jewelry from the Collection of Mrs John H Gutfreund, is  open for bidding until 29 January. The Susan in question is Susan Gutfreund, a New York socialite and philanthropist who was close friends with the designer. A former flight attendant, Gutfreund was the wife of the late John Gutfreund, chief executive of Salomon Brothers in the ’80s and the so-called “King of Wall Street�

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