GAVELAuctioneers since 1766 Next sale · Geneva--d --h --m
Portrait of a lady in pink silk
Woman in green
Waves, No. 7
Emerald necklace
Gold pocket watch
Girl with a bowl
Yellow Field
Blue-and-white ewers
Marble bust on red
Abstract painting
Diamond necklace
Bust of Zeus in pink resin

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Lot 21 · Bust of Zeus · est. £180,000 – 250,000

Contemporary Evening Sale · New York · 18 Nov

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Woman in Green, with a PomegranateSold

(01) — Last season’s top lot · London

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Woman in Green, with a Pomegranate. Circle of the Pre-Raphaelites, c. 1875. Estimate £1,200,000 – £1,800,000. Drag to bid — then let the hammer fall.

£1,500,000

£800kLow est.High est.£4m

(02) — The season

12NovGeneva
18NovNew York
27NovHong Kong
4DecLondon
22JanLondon
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164 lots · Hôtel des Bergues

Magnificent Jewels

Emeralds from a Maharaja’s collection, a pearl sautoir of 321 natural pearls and a 31-carat D-colour diamond.

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48 lots · Rockefeller Plaza

Contemporary Evening Sale

Forty-eight works made after 1970, including three paintings that have never been offered at auction.

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212 lots · Admiralty

Fine Chinese Ceramics

Blue-and-white porcelain from the Ming and Qing courts, from a single European family collection.

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56 lots · King Street

Old Masters Evening Sale

Portraits, still lifes and a newly rediscovered Pre-Raphaelite canvas, unseen since 1912.

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90 lots · King Street

Motor Cars & Fine Wine

Thirty classic cars from a single Swiss garage, followed by a cellar of 4,000 bottles of Burgundy.

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The saleroom
Lot 33, emerald and diamond necklace

Lot 33 · Emerald and Diamond Necklace · est. £2,000,000 – 3,000,000

(03) — Live · Geneva saleroom · simulation

Current bid£2,100,000Room · paddle 112

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    (04) — Eight departments

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    every vitrine.

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    Woman in Green, detail

    (05) — Condition report

    Look closer.

    Every lot is examined under ultraviolet, infrared and raking light. Tap a number.

    01 / 04Signature

    Monogram and date, lower right, in red lake — visible under raking light.

    02 / 04The pomegranate

    Painted over an earlier apple: infrared shows the change of mind.

    03 / 04Craquelure

    A fine, even web of cracks typical of the 1870s. No losses.

    04 / 04Original canvas

    Never relined. The tacking edges are intact, a rarity for a work of this size.

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    (06) — Hammer prices

    The records.

    All results →
    A still life of flowers in a vase£48.2mA still life of flowers in a vaseOld Masters · London 2019
    Untitled, a yellow canvas$71.0mUntitled, a yellow canvasContemporary · New York 2022
    A pink diamond of 18.96 caratsCHF 31.8mA pink diamond of 18.96 caratsJewels · Geneva 2021
    A Ming dynasty blue-and-white jarHK$268mA Ming dynasty blue-and-white jarAsian Art · Hong Kong 2023
    Gilded bronze headWoman in pearls and a white hatGold watch

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