Fred Leighton

Chaumet wins with Fred Leighton

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Fred Leighton in black and white at Sotheby’s auction: a Chaumet necklace wins the auction of collection ♦
Fred Leighton, in New York, has been an authority for over 40 years for anyone looking to buy or sell a rare piece of Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Retro or contemporary. But the founder, who disappeared in 2017, not only dealt with choosing buyers and sellers of exceptional pieces: he himself had collected pieces of all kinds. And Fred Leighton’s personal collection was auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York. The sale totaled 2.8 million on Wednesday 19 April. There were not only jewels, but also furniture and pieces of decorative art from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, with a representation of all kinds from the pieces of the Victorian era to art deco. The most appreciated, for example, was a Cartier table clock in gold, turquoise and diamonds ($ 275,000). And the jewels? The highlight of the day was a bracelet-necklace composition by Chaumet from 1930, with old cut diamonds, single and baguette, sold for $ 112,500. Good result also for a Marchak necklace of about 1950, composed of interweaving of gold threads with baguette diamonds and rubies carved with floral motifs, with ruby ​​pearls and round and baguette diamonds. It was beaten for $ 100,000.
It should be noted, however, that not all the pieces have found a buyer. Among other things, pieces such as a Cartier necklace from 1945 with a citrine and diamonds, a Raymond Templier diamond necklace from the 1950s and a Cartier bow brooch from 1910 remained in the hammer. Federico Graglia





Anello con smeraldo e diamante a pera incastonato
Anello con smeraldo e diamante a pera incastonato

Collana con fili d'oro intrecciati e rubini di Marchak
Collana con fili d’oro intrecciati e rubini di Marchak
Collana-bracciale in oro bianco e diamanti di Chaumet
Collana-bracciale in oro bianco e diamanti di Chaumet
Spilla clip di Cartier in oro bianco e diamanti
Spilla clip di Cartier in oro bianco e diamanti
Collana di diamanti di Raymond Templier
Collana di diamanti di Raymond Templier

Collana-spilla di Cartier in oro, citrino e diamanti
Collana-spilla di Cartier in oro, citrino e diamanti







From Gemfields rubies for designers

Rubies from Mozambique by Gemfields are delight the designers. Here are the most beautiful jewels.
The Ethiopian-Irish actress Ruth Negga, for the ceremony for Golden Globe in January wore a bracelet that has not gone unnoticed. And with reason. It was, in fact, one of the top pieces commissioned by Gemfields to Fred Leighton and other established designers. Goal: to create a series of particularly valuable jewelry with its rubies extract in Mozambique. Negga, for example, wore a bracelet in yellow gold with a 25.51 carat ruby. And so, the red of ruby ​​raspberry immediately attracted attention. The New York-based brand Fred Leighton has also prepared a ring with a ruby ​​from 34.44 carat rose-cut and a pair of earrings with cabochon rubies 14-karat. The mining giant has also sought the cooperation of refined Milan designers of Lucifer Vir Honestus, the newyorker Michelle Fantaci, and Greek Elena Votsi: all have worked with the Mozambique rubies come in different sizes, colors and qualities. From Los Angeles Kimberly McDonald she has instead created a pair of opal earrings for Gemfields that are set in white gold with black rhodium, and framed with rubies and diamonds. Cosimo Muzzano

Bracciale di Fred Lighton
Bracciale di Fred Lighton con rubino del Mozambico

Ruth Negga con il bracciale di Fred Lighton con rubino del Mozambico
Ruth Negga con il bracciale di Fred Lighton con rubino del Mozambico
Orecchini di Lucifero vir Honestus
Orecchini di Lucifero vir Honestus
Anello con rubini e diamanti di Lucifero vir Honestus
Anello con rubini e diamanti di Lucifero vir Honestus
Orecchini di Kimberly McDonald
Orecchini di Kimberly McDonald
Orecchini con rubini di Fred Leighton
Orecchini con rubini di Fred Leighton
Ciondolo di Fabergé con rubini lampone
Ciondolo di Fabergé con rubini lampone
Anello di Fabergé con rubini di Gemfields
Anello di Fabergé con rubini di Gemfields

Christie’s sells online (fixed price)

You want to shop at Christie’s but you can not (or you do not want) to participate in an auction? Now you have one more chance. In fact, the auction house launches a selection of jewelry at a fixed price exclusively for sale online (https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/christies-jewels-online-boutique-featuring-fred-leighton). In short, nothing increases and ran upwards, the Boutique features a range of contemporary jewelery of high range, but also different price ranges. If you love the genre, there is also a series of drawings by Fred Leighton, including a long chain Art Deco and Victorian-inspired drop earrings. The jewelry boutique is a first for the historic auction house. Prices are fixed, and the jewelry will be sold to the first come. Sales online boutique will run until December 21. Federico Graglia

Fred Leighton, orecchini pendenti con ciitrino e diamanti
Fred Leighton, orecchini pendenti con ciitrino e diamanti. Prezzo. 14.000 dollari
Fred Leighton, disegno
Fred Leighton, disegno
Orecchini con rubini a pendente. Prezzo: 11.500 dollari
Orecchini con rubini a pendente. Prezzo: 11.500 dollari
Bracciale in oro con diamanti. Prezzo: 12.500 dollari
Bracciale in oro con diamanti. Prezzo: 12.500 dollari
Gioielli by Christie's
Gioielli by Christie’s
Gioielli in vendita online da Christie's
Gioielli in vendita online da Christie’s