A sparkling crown decorated with emeralds and diamonds, is the wife of Emperor Napoleon III, has sold for a record U.S. $ 12.6 million at an auction in Switzerland. Her crown is adorned by sparkling emerald 11 pear-shaped Colombia, weighing about 500 carats have been sold to an anonymous buyer at Sotheby's auction. This jewelry was originally only intended to be sold for $ 6 to $ 9 million.
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The world's most expensive crown has just sold for $ 12.6 million. |
According to Sotheby's auction firm, the crown is in the most expensive item sold at auction with the total value of 78.9 million Swiss francs, while the second three expensive jewelry sold. "It was a record price for crown at an auction," said David Bennett, president of Sotheby's jewelry sector in Europe and the Middle East said.
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