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The original Cartier invoice states that the "five row pearl necklace,five finger discount, consisting of 389 pearls weighing 4305 grains" was accompanied by an "enamel clasp
representing Catherine,Fivefingers Sprint Shoes,designer messenger bags for school, 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,vibram five fingers Kso, Empress of Russia,miu miu fall 2011 handbags, 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
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sure, 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.