By then she was already director of Cartier Jewelry ... The sapphire clip brooch was sold at Sotheby's landmark sale of the Duchess of Windsor’s personal collection in 1987.

After the Duchess of Windsor’s death, her famous jewels made history at a 1987 Sotheby’s auction in Geneva, fetching over $50 million, a record for a single-owner jewelry collection.

She references a recent auction that sent other jewelry collectors ... belonged to Joan Crawford, a brooch that Eddie Fisher gave Elizabeth Taylor, the Duchess of Windsor’s Cartier minaudière ...

Houses find that their hoards of vintage ... brooches given to Queen Elizabeth II on her 18th birthday was the inspiration for Boucheron’s latest Histoire de Style collection, a high jewelry ...

A total of 20 renowned pieces that belonged to the Duchess of Windsor were on view at Sotheby ... she bought herself — a striking flamingo brooch, ablaze with diamonds, rubies, sapphires ...