Rubies Are a Girl's Best Friend

Summary: With their deep, luxurious color, often described as pigeon's bloodÓ red, the best rubies are more rare & highly prized than an equivalent diamond. This volume peers into the vaults of Christie's, one of the world's major auction houses, to present some of the finest, most illustrious, &, of course, valuable jewelry ever to have come under the hammer at auction. Complete with an intro. by an internationally recognize...d gemology expert, this is a superbly illustrated guide to these precious artifacts. Includes pieces from such famous jewelry houses & designers as Cartier, Van Cleef, Harry Winston, Pierre Sterle, Bulgari, Boucheron, & Chaumet. Captions detail the designer, how the piece was made, who it belonged to, as well as quoting the est. given by Christie's. [read more]