https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Diamonds and pearls that once belonged to French King Louis XVI's Queen Marie-Antoinette and have never been seen in public are to go on sale. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180614/marie-antoinettes-exquisite-jewels-up-for-auction-in-geneva Thu, 14 Jun 2018 10:33:36 +0200 marie-antoinettes-exquisite-jewels-up-for-auction-in-geneva Two spectacular diamonds mounted as earrings fetched a record $57.4-million (51.8 million euros) on Tuesday at auction in Geneva, with an unnamed Asia-based buyer netting both, Sotheby's said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170517/diamond-earrings-sold-for-record-57m-at-geneva-auction Wed, 17 May 2017 10:26:52 +0200 diamond-earrings-sold-for-record-57m-at-geneva-auction An exceptional 12.03-carat diamond dubbed "Blue Moon" was sold in Geneva for 48.6 million Swiss francs ($48.4 million) on Wednesday, setting a new world record, auction house Sotheby's said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151112/tycoon-buys-blue-moon-in-record-geneva-sale Thu, 12 Nov 2015 09:48:17 +0100 tycoon-buys-blue-moon-in-record-geneva-sale A unique Patek Philippe stainless steel watch fetched a record $7.3 million when it went under the hammer in Geneva over the weekend, with the proceeds going to charity, the Phillips auction house said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151109/record-set Mon, 09 Nov 2015 08:51:55 +0100 record-set Huge blue and pink diamonds, the star attractions at major jewel auctions in Geneva in the coming days, are expected to fetch tens of millions of dollars and possibly set new world records. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151108/jewels-expected-to-set-geneva-auction-records Sun, 08 Nov 2015 23:28:10 +0100 jewels-expected-to-set-geneva-auction-records A blue diamond weighing 12.03 carats and described by experts as internally flawless could sell for a record $55 million when it goes up for auction in Geneva in several weeks, Sotheby's said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150917/blue-moon-diamond-tipped-for-auction-record Thu, 17 Sep 2015 16:52:19 +0200 blue-moon-diamond-tipped-for-auction-record A 25.59-carat "pigeon blood" ruby sold for a world record $30.33 million at auction in Geneva on Tuesday while a rare pink diamond believed to have once belonged to Napoleon's niece fetched $15.9 million, Sotheby's said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150513/blood-red-ruby-fetches-record-30-million-at-auction Wed, 13 May 2015 10:36:04 +0200 blood-red-ruby-fetches-record-30-million-at-auction A bronze statue by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti sold for more than $141 million in New York on Monday, setting a new record for the world's most expensive sculpture sold at auction. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150512/giacometti-sculpture-sets-new-record-at-us-auction Tue, 12 May 2015 11:05:46 +0200 giacometti-sculpture-sets-new-record-at-us-auction Seventy years after the end of the Second World War, a watch worn by legendary US five-star general Douglas MacArthur sold at a Geneva auction on Sunday for 70,000 francs ($75,000), far above the estimate. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150510/sale-of-five-star-generals-watch-exceeds-estimates Mon, 11 May 2015 00:53:04 +0200 sale-of-five-star-generals-watch-exceeds-estimates Seventy years after the end of the Second World War, a watch worn by legendary American five-star general Douglas MacArthur is going on auction in Geneva. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150507/watch-worn-by-general-macarthur-to-be-sold Thu, 07 May 2015 16:25:04 +0200 watch-worn-by-general-macarthur-to-be-sold Sotheby's auction house is auctioning in Geneva an extremely rare and historically important pink diamond and an equally exceptional Burmese ruby next month, hoping to get up to $18 million for each. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150416/sothebys Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:17:41 +0200 sothebys A pearl necklace that belonged to Josephine de Beauharnais, a 19th-century queen of Sweden, sold at auction in Geneva on Wednesday for $3.42 million — more than twice its appraised value. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141113/swedish-queens-necklace Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:16:00 +0100 swedish-queens-necklace A sapphire known as the Blue Belle of Asia set a new world record after selling for more than $17 million at a rare jewellery auction in Geneva, Christie's said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141112/ceylon-sapphire-sets-world-record-at-geneva-auction Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:04:00 +0100 ceylon-sapphire-sets-world-record-at-geneva-auction A gold watch billed as the most expensive —and most complicated — in the world fetched a record US$21.3 million when it went under the hammer in Geneva on Tuesday, the Sotheby's auction house involved said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141111/geneva-watch-sells-for-over-21-million Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:44:00 +0100 geneva-watch-sells-for-over-21-million A brooch commissioned by a French empress, or perhaps an iconic watch considered the most complicated ever made entirely by hand? https://www.thelocal.ch/20141111/millions-to-trade-hands-in-geneva-fall-auctions Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:55:00 +0100 millions-to-trade-hands-in-geneva-fall-auctions Records tumbled at a special auction in Geneva to mark 175 years of Patek Philippe watches, with a rare pink gold item going for $2.71 million, auctioneers Christie's said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141110/rare-swiss-watches-fetch-record-prices Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:02:00 +0100 rare-swiss-watches-fetch-record-prices A rare 1950 bronze sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti sold for $101 million at auction in New York on Tuesday night. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141105/giacometti-sculpture-sells-for-101-million Wed, 05 Nov 2014 09:57:00 +0100 giacometti-sculpture-sells-for-101-million A bronze sculpture by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti valued at more than $100 million and 20 works by pop art icon Andy Warhol headline New York's fall art auction season this week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141103/giacometti-sculpture-most-pricey-lot-at-us-auction Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:00:00 +0100 giacometti-sculpture-most-pricey-lot-at-us-auction Timekeeping aficionados set their alarms on Thursday, when auction house Sotheby's announced that the "Holy Grail" of watches will be up for sale in Geneva this autumn. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140710/supercomplicated-watch-set-for-geneva-auction Fri, 11 Jul 2014 01:15:00 +0200 supercomplicated-watch-set-for-geneva-auction A spectacular blue diamond, the largest in its category, fetched $23.79 million (21.4 million francs) at a Christie's auction in Geneva on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140515/blue-diamond-fetches-24-million-at-geneva-auction Thu, 15 May 2014 11:47:00 +0200 blue-diamond-fetches-24-million-at-geneva-auction