Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›There Is Only $385,000 Between Them-Elizabeth Byrnes, a spectator, handles and admires the pendant of diamond necklace of more than 213 carats that sold for $385,000 at the auction of the personal property of the late Mrs. John E. Rovensky here today. The necklace valued at $750,000, was auctioned at the Parke-Bernet Galleries to Julius Furst, a New York jeweler. It was among the 166 pieces of jewelry brought $1,122,865 at the auction.
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
There Is Only $385,000 Between Them-Elizabeth Byrnes, a spectator, handles and admires the pendant of diamond necklace of more than 213 carats that sold for $385,000 at the auction of the personal property of the late Mrs. John E. Rovensky here today. The necklace valued at $750,000, was auctioned at the Parke-Bernet Galleries to Julius Furst, a New York jeweler. It was among the 166 pieces of jewelry brought $1,122,865 at the auction.
Associated Press · [ca. January 1957]
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