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The original Cartier invoice states that the "five row pearl necklace,skechers shoes women's athletic, consisting of 389 pearls weighing 4305 grains" was accompanied by an "enamel clasp
representing Catherine,reebok easytone sale uk,Fivefingers Sprint Shoes, 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,reebok easytone, Empress of Russia,reebok freestyle hi tops white, 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,skechers running shoes reviews,000 - about $8 million in today's dollars.
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commonplace while diamonds are more precious,reebok zig pulse ii women's running shoe, though a true connoisseur recognizes the value of the Dodge necklace,Pasha fountain pen printed circuit decor,reebok shoes commercial, which is made of all natural pearls.
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sure,reebok zig pulse ii women's reviews, 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.