The press service of the auction house Christie & # 39; sa reported that two diamond bracelets belonging to the queen of France Marie-Antoinette were sold in Geneva for 7.459 million Swiss francs (about $ 8.2 million), reports TASS.
It is reported that each of the bracelets of the wife of King Louis XVI is adorned with three rows of diamonds. They can be combined into one necklace. The size of each of the stones is one to four carats.
Previously, it was reported that a pearl pendant with diamonds, which belonged to the queen of France Marie-Antoinette (1755 -1793), & nbsp; sold at Sotheby & # 39; s in Geneva for a record amount of $ 36 million. & Nbsp;
Marie-Antoinette was the wife of Louis XVI and the Queen of France in 1774-1792. He was credited with wasting and loving luxury when the French experienced hunger and misery. During the French Revolution (1789-1799), the queen took part in counter-revolutionary plots, advocating foreign intervention. After the overthrow of the monarchy, she was arrested and executed on the guillotine.