Unwanted pearl earrings which sat in a drawer for 35 years treble their estimate price and sell for £1.6million
By Suzannah Hills|
This pair of pearl earrings that were locked away in a drawer for 35 years because their owner thought they were too garish have sold for a staggering £1.6million at auction.
The jewels had been a gift from an exiled Romanian King to his mistress, who left them to a British woman friend in Wiltshire upon her death in 1977.
The unnamed woman had no idea of their worth so she discarded them in the back of a desk drawer for years as the oversized jewels were not to her taste.
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