The piece was at the centre of a scandal in the 1780s known as the ’Diamond Necklace Affair' in which a hard-up noblewoman ...

The necklace, featuring around 500 diamonds and linked to Marie Antoinette, is estimated at $1.8-$2.8 million. Its history includes connections to the 'Affair of the Necklace' scandal that played ...

According to the auction house, some of the diamonds from the necklace may have come from the "Affair of the Diamond Necklace" 1785 scandal with Marie Antoinette. As the story goes, a cardinal was ...

Some experts believe that the necklace may have been made from some of the diamonds at the centre of the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, the 1780’s theft from Crown jewellers Boehmer and ...

as some jewellery historians believe it features diamonds from the infamous necklace that created a scandal for the queen of France. What became known as the “Affair of the Necklace” was an ...

Sotheby's announced on Monday that a breathtaking 18th-century diamond necklace featuring about 500 diamonds from India said ...

As they say, a piece of jewelry has the power to tell many stories. This particular diamond necklace, which is being sold by Sotheby's this fall for an estimated $2.8 million, tells royal-related ...