Christies Magnificent Jewels Hardcover Auction Catalog Geneva 1981,Cartier VCA..

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"Magnificent Jewels" hardcover auction-catalog , Christie's, Geneva Wednesday & Thursday November 18th & 19th 1981 with separate list of "Estimates" in SFr (no Price List, no results).List of Estimates and list of diamonds are separate. Cover is a Boucheron Art Deco & glass brooch with a Samurai swordsman & rose cut diamonds on simulated lapis quatrefoil background, rose-cut diamond pierced surround...a fabulous piece.(est. 15,000 SFr) Catalog Layout: up to page 134, text/description-only- by-lot (lot 1 to lot 738)with detailed descriptions & referecne to corresponding Plate if applicable...onwards, plate ( b&w photo) 1 to 86 .....following, plate 87 to 150 in color (so, first all the lots and descriptions...followed by a section with all the "plates" firs b&w and then the color ones.... all excellent photography). Some "names ": Cartier (many lots), Lacloche Freres, Loeuillard for Boucheron, Van Cleef & Arpels (many lots), Bulgari, Udall & Ballou, Tiffany , Fouquet, Gautrait, Boucheron, Chaumet, Gaillard, Janesich,Berlioz Leroy, S. Schepps, Sterlé, Verdura,Giuliano , etc......some fabulous jewelry pieces, diamonds, gemstones, clocks,some vanity cases (not a watch catalog, hardly any),a few objects d'art, etc...(Jewelry Periods: Art Deco, period-antique jewels, retro & 50's to modern,etc.) Some diamonds : a 19.64ct G-H VVS1 GIA read more