Mysterious About Cartier Jewelry

The original Cartier invoice states that the "five row pearl necklace,cartier love charity bracelet 2010, consisting of 389 pearls weighing 4305 grains" was accompanied by an "enamel clasp
representing Catherine,cartier love bracelet,Fivefingers Sprint Shoes,Cartier Love Yellow Gold Bracelet in Open Circle with Diamonds S, Empress of Russia" and "two diamond alternate clasps." Several newspaper accounts from the '20s suggested that the pearls did indeed
once belong to Catherine; Anna Thomson Dodge's heirs maintain that Horace bought the pearls from Cartier on that basis.
A mysterious pearl necklace that may have once belonged to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia,cartier love charity bracelet 2010, will be auctioned off by Bonhams in New York in December.
Automotive billionaire Horace Elgin Dodge purchased the necklace from Cartier in Paris in 1920 for his wife Anna Thomson Dodge at the astonishing price of
$825,000 - about $8 million in today's dollars.
In 1920, before the advent of cultured pearls,cartier love bracelet box and screwdriver,Christmas Gift 4,cartier love charity bracelet 2011, they were exceedingly rare and valuable,cartier charm bracelets, much more so than diamonds. Nowadays pearls have become more
commonplace while diamonds are more precious, though a true connoisseur recognizes the value of the Dodge necklace,Pasha fountain pen printed circuit decor, which is made of all natural pearls.
Now reduced to three strands comprised of 224 pearls and two Cartier diamond clasps, the necklace is estimated at $500,000- $700,000,Cartier Reversible Pendant in Stainless Steel with White Gold Pl,a hefty sum,cartier inspired bracelet, to be
sure,gold cartier love bracelet, but far less than Horace originally paid. The reason for the depreciation has less to do with the reduction in strands than with changing fashion and
an evolving jewelry marketplace.