Jewelry with Nazi ties fetches record prices at Christie's auction
The items fetched a total of $202 million, making the auction the largest jewelry sale in history.
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The items fetched a total of $202 million, making the auction the largest jewelry sale in history.
A blockbuster jewelry auction at Christie’s is drawing criticism because of the gems’ ties to a Nazi.
Christie’s is auctioning a staggering 700 pieces of jewelry from the collection of the late Heidi Horten, an Austrian heiress whose German husband built a retail empire starting in the 1930s — in part from department stores and other assets sold by desperate Jews as they fled Nazi Germany. The auction house says the sale…
Christie's is auctioning off a collection of 700 jewelry items belonging to Austrian heiress Heidi Horten, which has been steeped in controversy due...
Christie’s is auctioning a staggering 700 pieces of jewelry from the collection of the late Heidi Horten, an Austrian heiress whose German husband built a retail empire...