FILE PHOTO: A diamond tiara created for Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria is displayed during a press preview ahead of the upcoming auction "Royal jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family" at Sotheby's in ...

A diamond jewel owned and abandoned by Napoleon Bonaparte after the Battle of Waterloo will go up for auction for the first time. The brooch, made of nearly 100 diamonds, was left behind after the ...

Gilded Age America had Mrs. Astor, and the Viennese courts had Empress Elisabeth. Better known as "Sissi," the Viennese noblewoman set the standards of fashion alongside Emperor Franz Joseph. The ...

In 1887, the French crown jewels were publicly sold to the highest bidders in what was regarded as the auction of the century. Exquisite ruby, emerald, and diamond jewels and tiaras that were worn by ...

In a sea of jewels, one particular stone has been stealing the show. A rare 10-carat pink diamond will be on display at Christie's Auction House in New York City. The Marie-Thérèse Pink Diamond is a ...

Those hoping to bag a piece of staggeringly boast-worthy history might want to put Sotheby's upcoming annual Royal and Noble Jewels auction in their diaries. The collection will, it has now been ...

A diamond brooch that Napoleon once wore on his bicorne is joining Sotheby’s lineup of royal and noble jewels in Geneva on November 12, where it could sell for more than 200,000 CHF ($250,000). The ...

The wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York (the future King George VI) to the Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth The Queen ...

GENEVA (AP) — A diamond bracelet that once belonged to France’s Marie Antoinette and a sapphire-and-diamond brooch with matching ear clips that once dangled from a Russian grand duchess are among the ...

And as they say, history often comes back to remind us that it once played a part. The diamond brooch that belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte, lost after his ...

GENEVA, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Russian royal jewels smuggled out of the country during the 1917 revolution, alongside rare coloured diamonds, are on offer at auction next week in Geneva, looking for ...