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PROPERTY FROM A MANHATTAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONThe present consignors’ great grandfather, William Fox, was a motion picture executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and Fox West Coast Theatres in the 1920s. Fox built a multi-million dollar empire during the height of his career and managed a large portion of the production and distribution of silent films. Though he lost control of his businesses in the 1930s, his name lives on through popular media outlets such as Fox TV network, Fox News and 20th and 21st Century Fox.In 1922, a public auction was held for the collection of Lillian Russell, one of the most talented actresses and signers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Described by author Vanda Krefft in her biography The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox, William Fox purchased four pieces of his jewelry for their great grandmother, Eva. Included in the $34,600 purchase was the present brooch. Lillian Russell is pictured here wearing Lot 93 on the cover of Theatre Magazine in 1903.
AN ANTIQUE NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND BROOCH
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AN ANTIQUE NATURAL PEARL AND DIAMOND BROOCH
Designed as an old-cut diamond clover, each leaf enhanced by a button-shaped natural pearl of various hues, measuring approximately 7.62 to 7.74 mm, circa 1885, 1 1/2 ins., mounted in platinum and gold
Accompanied by report no. 1196143582 dated 26 February 2018 from the GIA Gemological Institute of America stating that the four pearls tested are natural, saltwater pearls, with no indications of treatment
Designed as an old-cut diamond clover, each leaf enhanced by a button-shaped natural pearl of various hues, measuring approximately 7.62 to 7.74 mm, circa 1885, 1 1/2 ins., mounted in platinum and gold
Accompanied by report no. 1196143582 dated 26 February 2018 from the GIA Gemological Institute of America stating that the four pearls tested are natural, saltwater pearls, with no indications of treatment