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Record prices for Antoinette's jewelry

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Jörg Jelinnek
November 15, 2018

"Let them eat cake" are the words that made Marie Antoinette famous, although there's no evidence that she ever said that. Less disputed is the lavish lifestlye she led with the French monarchy. Her jewelry just went up for auction in Geneva, and fetched some truly dazzling sums of money.

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