Leena Kim

1 week ago | harpersbazaar.com | Leena Kim

クリスティーズ・ニューヨークが主催する高級ハイジュエリーのオークション、「The Magnificent Jewels」が6月17日に開催された。最高級品ばかりが売買されたこのオークションでは、王室由来を持つムガル朝時代の彫刻を施したコロンビア産エメラルドのネックレスが622万ドル（予想価格の2倍以上の約9億6,310万円）で落札された。そのわずか数分後、マリー・アントワネットと関係がある王室のジュエリーが競り落とされ、瞬く間に注目を集めた。 ロット番号44、1398万ドル（約20億3000万円）で落札されたそのアイテムは、ダイヤモンドと黒く加工されたプラチナの指輪で、手が込んだカイト形にカットされた10.38カラットの紫ピンクのカット・ダイヤモンドがセットされている。 その石は伝説的なコルコンダ鉱山産である可能性が高く、起源を18世紀まで遡ることができるもので、マリー・アントワネットとルイ16世の唯一の生存する子どもで長女のマリー＝テレーズ・ド・アンゴレームのコレクションにつながるものだ。 マリー＝テレーズ・ド・アはそもそもどこからこの石を手に入れたのだろうか？...

1 week ago | townandcountrymag.com | Leena Kim

Where did all the pretty horses go? They’re in hiding, apparently. Check underneath the Rocabar blankets and printed silk scarves, or take a peek inside the riding boots, or maybe look more closely inside that Birkin. For the next ten days, snooping is encouraged chez Hermès, which has taken over Manhattan’s Pier 36 for what might be the world’s most exquisite scavenger hunt. An “immersive experience” generally tends to go one of two ways.

1 week ago | harpersbazaar.com | Leena Kim

Si dica ciò che si vuole sulla volatilità del mercato dell'arte, ma il mondo della gioielleria sembra non avere lo stesso problema. Ieri mattina, durante l'asta Magnificent Jewels di Christie's a New York, pochi minuti dopo che una collana di smeraldi colombiani incisi di epoca Mughal, con un'importante provenienza reale, è stata venduta per 6,22 milioni di dollari (più del doppio della stima), un altro gioiello reale le ha rapidamente rubato la scena.

1 week ago | townandcountrymag.com | Leena Kim

Say what you will about the volatility of the art market, but the jewelry world doesn’t seem to have the same problem. This morning, at Christie’s New York’s Magnificent Jewels sale, just minutes after a Mughal carved Colombian emerald necklace with a serious royal provenance sold for $6.22 million (more than double its estimate), another royal jewel swiftly took away its thunder. But then again, any association with Marie Antoinette tends to have that effect.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Leena Kim

Say what you will about the volatility of the art market, but the jewelry world doesn’t seem to have the same problem. This morning, at Christie’s New York’s Magnificent Jewels sale, just minutes after a Mughal carved Colombian emerald necklace with a serious royal provenance sold for $6.22 million (more than double its estimate), another royal jewel swiftly took away its thunder. But then again, any association with Marie Antoinette tends to have that effect.