In the end, the collections of Rachel Mellon, wife of the magnate Paul Mellon, divided into 1,551 lots, were sold by Sotheby’s, in New York, for 218 million dollars. The sum includes furniture, works of art and, as already reported by gioiellis.com. To sell everything, it took eight auction sessions over the course of five days: a real marathon. In addition to the blue diamond sold for 29 million euros (almost 33 million dollars). In addition to the pieces mentioned in the article that you can find at the link cited, we should mention pieces such as the bracelet with gold, sapphires, diamonds and rubies by Cartier sold for half a million dollars, another bracelet in gold, sapphires, diamonds and rubies sold for 221 thousand dollars, a table ornament in gold and gems, by Verdura, for 150 thousand dollars, a bracelet of diamonds, ruby and platinum, sold for 150 thousand dollars, a bracelet of gold, platinum and diamonds, for 125 thousand dollars.
