On 16 December 2008 at Bonhams in Madison Avenue, the three-strand necklace, which comprises 224 pearls and two Cartier diamond clasps, is expected to fetch US$500,000-700,000.
Designed with versatility in mind, the necklace was originally made up of five strands of pearls, which allowed its owner to change the combination and style of the jewellery.
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Anna Thomson Dodge Pearls for Auction
In 1920, Horace E. Dodge - US founder of the eponymous automobile company - bought a natural pearl necklace from Cartier for his wife Anna Thomson Dodge for an unprecedented US$825,000. At the time, it was one of the most expensive pearl necklaces ever sold on the open market. Eighty-eight years later, Bonhams is delighted […]
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Pearls Of Anna Thomson Dodge To Be Sold By Bonhams New York
On Thursday night at the Vancouver Convention Centre’s Parkview Terrace, Heffel Fine Art Auction House held the one of the top Canadian fine art auctions in history. The auction was the first of Canada’s major spring auctions, featuring 164 lots, one which sold for just over a million dollars. The $11.5 million sales total is […]
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Thomson, Varley, McNicoll and Holgate Lead Way in Heffel?s $11.5 Million Auction
