Royal jewelry has long been a hot commodity on the auction block, and the recent sales of Marie Antoinette’s diamond bracelets to pendants belonging to Queen Victoria, proves they’re not slowing down.

Just weeks ago at Christie's Geneva, an emerald that belonged to Catherine the Great sold for over $4 million. Experts attribute the success of the sale in part to the size of the stone—75 carats—but ...

GENEVA (Reuters) – A sapphire and diamond brooch and matching earrings, which were part of the royal jewels from Russia’s Romanov family smuggled out of the country during the 1917 revolution, sold ...

A historically valuable sapphire and diamond brooch and a pair of ear clips during a preview at Sotheby's, before their auction sale in Geneva (Reuters/Denis Balibouse) A sapphire and diamond brooch ...

Fabergé is believed to have produced 50 of the ornate eggs for Russia’s czars. The Winter Egg, sold on Tuesday, is considered one of the jewelry house’s greatest creations. By Jin Yu Young The last ...

Spending a day exploring the museums of Amsterdam after two days of previews at TEFAF Maastricht, I found myself traveling much farther than expected: transported in time to the royal court of the ...

Until its downfall in 1917, the Romanov dynasty officially possessed a breathtaking array of jewels—not just baubles but treasured state artifacts gathered over centuries: necklaces, pendants, ...

Dynastic Jewels, the Al Thani Collection’s glittery exhibition, has recently opened in the Hôtel de la Marine: the very building, formerly the Hôtel du Garde-Meuble, where the ancien régime housed its ...

Royal jewelry has long been a hot commodity on the auction block, and the recent sales of Marie Antoinette’s diamond bracelets to pendants belonging to Queen Victoria, proves they’re not slowing down.