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Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Explorers(m): 5:01am On Nov 10, 2021 |
Marie Antoinette's two diamond bracelets were sold for £6million after being expected to fetch up to £3million at an auction today, 228 years after her death. The pair of silver and yellow gold bracelets are both made up of three strands and contain 112 diamonds. They were among her few surviving possessions sent from France two years before she and her husband, King Louis XVI, were captured during the French Revolution and beheaded in 1793. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10183503/Marie-Antoinettes-bracelets-goes-6-million-Christies-auction-Geneva.html?ito=social-facebook Lalasticlala Mynd44 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Explorers(m): 5:02am On Nov 10, 2021 |
Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. The bracelets were hidden once she and her husband King Louis XVI were taken as prisoners in Paris during the French Revolution and were found after her beheading in 1793. Marie Antionette placed the bracelets in a wooden chest entrusted to Austrian ambassador and friend Count Mercy-Argenteau, in Brussels in 1791. 2 Likes
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Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Candidlady: 5:03am On Nov 10, 2021 |
Hmmm |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Explorers(m): 5:03am On Nov 10, 2021 |
She originally bought the bracelets for 250,000 livres in 1776, just two years after taking the throne with her husband King Louis XVI, paying for them partly with gemstones from her personal collection and with funds provided by her husband. 2 Likes
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Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Explorers(m): 5:03am On Nov 10, 2021 |
The bracelets were hidden once she and her husband King Louis XVI were taken as prisoners in Paris during the French Revolution and were found after her beheading in 1793. 2 Likes 1 Share
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Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by airminem(f): 5:03am On Nov 10, 2021 |
See where Africa is today! |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by gasparpisciotta: 5:17am On Nov 10, 2021 |
Our African ancestors also have their treasures but the cycle of underdevelopment and poverty has made a lot of these treasures sold for cheap or discarded entirely because no one could ascertain their real worth. 2 Likes |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Explorers(m): 5:18am On Nov 10, 2021 |
The bracelets was joined by a ruby and diamond Cartier bangle that once belonged to Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor and was expected to reach up to £1.62 million. The stunning bracelets were sold by a mystery European royal family member at Christie's auction in Geneva, Switzerland. 3 Likes
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Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by iamyemiakins(m): 5:19am On Nov 10, 2021 |
228 years after, the bracelets are still looking clean and flawless. The pair of silver and yellow gold bracelets are both made up of three strands and contain 112 diamonds.No wonder! |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by seankafor(m): 5:41am On Nov 10, 2021 |
iamyemiakins:diamonds don't fade |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Nobody: 5:49am On Nov 10, 2021 |
The thing already looks rusty. I wouldn't pay 1naira for it though. |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Candidlady: 5:58am On Nov 10, 2021 |
Mercychen: k 1 Like |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Omakraid(f): 6:33am On Nov 10, 2021 |
Nice thread Explorers, can you please post about the treason committed by her husband that led to their death and what happened to their children as well or post about the French revolution? Please 1 Like |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by chariisGRACE(m): 7:21am On Nov 10, 2021 |
Omakraid: Make you for try read about an yourself na. |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by nikaShow(m): 7:33am On Nov 10, 2021 |
Me I still wonder how humans ascribe value to things sha. 2.5 billion Kwa ? Like, it's just stone bro ! What can the diamond do for me ? |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Teripaul(m): 7:39am On Nov 10, 2021 |
It shud be sold more than that. Because check the years she abandon d bracelet and no that too, d bracelet is nt ordinary one. D buy shud av but it more than that cuz its money shud be multiplyin every 10 yearz. . S.impz |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Explorers(m): 7:48am On Nov 10, 2021 |
Teripaul: Same here, but maybe is not the rare type of diamond and weight also determines. |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Eife(m): 8:06am On Nov 10, 2021 |
Should be worth more but He be like say na original fake My brother money good |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by MissSlimbody(f): 8:14am On Nov 10, 2021 |
Mercychen: It's yellow gold, not rust. 1 Like |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Omakraid(f): 2:30pm On Nov 10, 2021 |
chariisGRACE:Sorry, I'm using freebasics if not I would not make that absurd request online |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by SlyCharlie(m): 3:05pm On Nov 10, 2021 |
freebasics can still open wikipedia. search 'the french revolution' its a very popular topic, all your questions would be answered Omakraid: 1 Like |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by LeeSantos(m): 3:36pm On Nov 10, 2021 |
Mercychen:Go n' get a good phone with good pixel resolution. What rusty there? Something that has being cleaned neat |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Omakraid(f): 4:35pm On Nov 10, 2021 |
SlyCharlie:Thanks |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by ReneeNuttall(f): 6:37pm On Nov 10, 2021 |
Somebody with zero penny on his or her account will come now and be shouting vanity upon vanity as if na their vanity. |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Harrisonwo(m): 6:56pm On Nov 10, 2021 |
When are we having the Nigerian revolution? |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Konquest: 5:35am On Nov 11, 2021 |
Explorers:Marie was unfortunately guillotined in 1793! Gosh. |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by expertman(m): 9:50am On Nov 11, 2021 |
Goosh |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Nobody: 10:20am On Nov 11, 2021 |
Explorers:You gon become a mod one day brov . but by that time no forget me O !!! If anybody abuse me if I say make you ban am ,ban am sharp sharp O no waste time |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by sirgalahad26(m): 11:19pm On Nov 12, 2021 |
Someone should link Diezani to the buyer |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Treasure17(m): 2:08pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
ReneeNuttall:Still not change the fact that it's vanity irrespective of your account balance. No one will stop you if you can afford it. |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by ReneeNuttall(f): 5:00pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
Treasure17: Is it your vanity? |
Re: Marie Antoinette 1776 Diamond Bracelets Sold For ₦2.5Billion In Swiss(Pics) by Treasure17(m): 6:15pm On Nov 13, 2021 |
ReneeNuttall:Lol. It's fine. |
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