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Romanov sapphire bracelet sells for $4.9 million, Sotheby’s says
Sotheby’s says the diamond-covered bracelet, featuring a nearly 198-carat sapphire, far surpassed its $1 million–$2 million estimate.
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An unidentified private collector bought the bracelet in Geneva for more than 4.1 million Swiss francs ($4.9 million), against an estimate of 850,000–1.7 million francs, the Associated Press reports, citing Sotheby’s. The auction house says Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, Czar Nicholas II’s mother, wore the sapphire at the 1903 Winter Palace Ball.
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