A reclusive heiress’ spectacular collection of jewels — which sat in a bank vault for more than 60 years — is expected to fetch millions at a Christie’s auction next month.
Huguette Clark, who died at Beth Israel Medical Center at age 104 last year, wore some of the baubles as a young debutante in the 1920s.
They include a 9-carat pink diamond ring that Huguette inherited from her mother, which is expected to bring between $6 million and $8 million at the April 17 sale.
Another whopper of a diamond ring comes in at 19 carats and was made by Cartier. The highest grade of white diamond, it carries an estimate of $2 million to $3 million.
The head of Christie’s jewelry department, Rahul Kadakia, remembers the moment he opened the box.
“Even in that dimly lit bank vault, I knew this was an incredible stone. Wow!” he said. “It was the first box I opened and you think, ‘This is going to be one helluva ride.’”
Kadakia said he got a call from the auction house’s estates department that he needed to assess Clark’s jewelry. He knew her name and history and expected it would be good.
“But I had no inkling I would go into that bank vault and open it up and look at this pink diamond that would blow me away,” he said.
“It was the best half-hour I spent in a bank vault in a long, long time.”
There were 17 jewels altogether — and not all of them are worth seven figures.
For those looking for more of a bargain, there’s a 1925 Cartier charm bracelet with a price tag of about $20,000 to $30,000.
When she died, Clark left a fortune estimated at $400 million, including three Fifth Ave. apartments that are being sold as part of the estate liquidation.
The heir to a copper fortune, the doll-obsessed Clark had no kids. Her will, which left nothing to family, is being contested by distant relatives.
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