Magnificent Platinum, 18 Karat Gold, Fancy Intense Yellow Diamond and Diamond Pendant-Necklace, Van Cleef & Arpels, New York, 1978 -  Photo Sotheby's

The flexible necklace set with numerous round diamonds weighing approximately 95.00 carats, length 18 inches, signed VCA, numbered N.Y. 47924; suspending a detachable pendant centered by a heart-shaped Fancy Intense Yellow diamond weighing 47.14 carats, framed by round diamonds weighing approximately 8.00 carats, signed Van Cleef & Arpels, numbered NY 3289 S.O. With signed envelope. Estimation: 1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD

Accompanied by GIA report no. 2155045436 stating that the diamond is Fancy Intense Yellow, Natural Color, VS1clarity.

From the Collection of Evelyn H. Lauder, sold to Benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation

Note: A photograph showing the Duchess of Windsor wearing the pendant as a ring by Cecil Beaton in 1971 at the Proust Ball.

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