17/06/2025
Since October last year, AZ Auction has been organising auctions under the title '50 Jewels and Their History'. To this end, the auction house has engaged the services of French art historian and gemologist Céline Rose David. “I started holding these regular auctions of diverse jewellery collections because I approach jewellery from many different angles,” she explains. “Each time, we present a set of 50 jewels.” The third edition is scheduled for 24 June, and the auctioneer has already selected some items for COLLECT, which are presented in our Expertise section. These include green, lavender and white jade. There is also a ring and an Art Deco pendant featuring a beetle in opal from the 1920s–1930s. “Opal is a stone that almost disappeared because it was thought to bring bad luck,” says the auctioneer. Talosel, in turn, is a material developed in the 1950s by the French artist Line Vautrin. Beware of jewellery from classical antiquity. Prepare yourself with our Knowledge section in the summer issue!
article in our Belgian by Ben Herremans
Auction 50 jewels and their history on 24-06
📷1: Composition of jade in green, lavender and white. Green, discs: diameter: 2 cm, weight: 5,88 ct. and 5,90 ct. Estimation: € 32.000 to € 38.000. Lavender: various sizes, weight: 42,60 ct. Estimatione: € 50.000 to 70.000. White: length: 50,5 cm,
gross weight: 58,9 gr. Estimation: € 5.000 to 7.000.
📷2: Art-deco pendant in yellow gold, 18 carat, dung beetle in opal, height: 4,3 cm, gross weight: 8 gr. Estimation: € 1.500 to 2.000.
📷3: Art Deco 1925/1930 bracelet alternating long links with emeralds in the centre and rectangular openwork links. Paved with diamonds along the entire length, mainly old European, old mine and old 8x8 for a total of approx. 14 ct, 19 x 2 cm, weight: 60 g. Estimation: € 6.000-8.000.