The Duchess’s collection of designer jewels was first offered at auction at a sale held along Lake Geneva in 1987, where bids soared, far exceeding pre-sale estimates.

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Jewels that King Edward VIII gave the woman for whom he abdicated sold for 8 million pounds ($12.5 million) in London tonight, almost twice the presale estimate, as collectors battled for works by ...

Other jewels belonging to Simpson include a coral, diamond and emerald torsade choker, made by Cartier for the then Duchess of Windsor in 1949.

An unidentified owner is selling the items, which were acquired at Sotheby's record "Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor" sale in Geneva in April 1987. Eleven Cartier pieces are included in the new sale.

Sotheby's says it is auctioning about 3 million pounds ($4.6 million) worth of jewelry once owned by Wallis Simpson, the American socialite who became Duchess of Windsor.

The Duchess's collection of designer jewels was first offered at auction at a sale held along Lake Geneva in 1987, where bids soared, far exceeding pre-sale estimates.

A set of jewels once owned by American socialite Wallis Simpson — the woman who wooed King Edward VIII from the British throne and became the Duchess of Windsor — fetched nearly $12.5 million ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Diamond bracelets that belonged to Marie Antoinette and a ruby and diamond bangle offered to the Duchess of Windsor by her husband on their ...