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A pair of headpieces believed to have belonged to Empress Joséphine Bonaparte fetched well above their combined high estimate at the recent Sotheby’s sale in London.The pieces, which have spent the past 150 years in a private collection, realized GBP 576,600 ($763,657) at the December 7 London.
Majestic tiaras of Josephine Bonaparte sold in UK - Lifestyle - A gold, cameo and enamel diadem by Jacques-Amboise Oliveras, circa 1808, (left) and a Carnelian, enamel and gold diadem, circa 1800, (right), believed to have .