on November 3, 2021, 9:12 pm
Some of the Vladimir Sapphires have resurfaced at Sotheby's!
https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2021/magnificent-jewels-and-noble-jewels/historically-important-sapphire-and-diamond-brooch-2
This is really interesting because they claim the provenance is via Elena (Prince Nicolas). I always thought that Cyril got the Sapphires and Elena got the Pearls and Diamonds.
https://thebeaumonde.org/the-grand-duchess-vladimir-and-her-sapphires/
Although I remember reading somewhere that Cyril sold the Sapphire necklace to a German princely family, I wonder if it was to Elena's daughter Elizabeth's in laws, the Counts of Törring-Jettenbach.
They definitely look like they could've been made by elements from the necklace.
What does everyone think?
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