Most Valuable Pearl Necklace

8 the dodge pearl necklace via cartier last sold 1 1 million in 2018.

Most valuable pearl necklace.

10 three strand natural pearl necklace 1 4 million this three strand pearl necklace was placed at auction at new york magnificent jewels via christie s a popular showcase for the unique and the beautiful the necklace has 180 graduated natural pearls. Whether wild or cultured gem quality pearls are almost always nacreous and iridescent as is the interior of the shell that produces them. The most valuable pearls occur spontaneously in the wild but they are extremely rare. During the 1910 s and 1920 s pearl necklaces commanded the same prices as the most expensive rembrandts and similar works by old masters the two strands of fifty five and seventy three pearls were valued at one million dollars.

Cartier had been assembling the natural pearl necklace over a number of years. A valentine s day gift to her by her two time husband richard burton the necklace fetched a staggering 11 8 million at christie s in new york tuesday. In this topten article we introduce you the world s most expensive pearls ever. The 9 million price tag while not the absolute highest price fetched for any pearl necklace ever that distinction goes to la peregrina 1 on our list it is perhaps the 2nd or 3rd most expensive pearl necklace in the world.

The most expensive pieces of pearl jewelry in the world. Celebrities jewelry connoisseurs royals from every continent and more have paid millions of dollars to get their hands on high quality pearls some of which fetched record breaking sums. Don t know if la peregrina is the world s most expensive pearl necklace because of 50 6 carat pearl or because it was owned by the iconic elizabeth taylor.