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Van Cleef & Arpels-designed crown of Empress Farah Pahlavi of Iran. She wore the crown in 1967 coronation ceremony. Pop up exhibition in The Landmark, Hong Kong (2013) Van Cleef & Arpels is a French luxury jewelry company. [1] It was founded in 1896 by the Dutch diamond-cutter Alfred Van Cleef and his father-in-law Salomon Arpels in Paris. [2]
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The Louvre went on to purchase the necklace and earrings from their owners in 2004 for €3.7m, the highest price ever paid by a museum for individual pieces of jewelry. They remain on display in the Galerie d’Apollon. [1] The Marie Louise Diadem was returned to Van Cleef & Arpels after the 1962 exhibition.
To meet debt demands, in 1975 Nazli sent her principal jewellery to auction at Sotheby's, including a magnificent art deco tiara (720 diamonds weighing 274 carats) and matching necklace commissioned in 1938 from Van Cleef & Arpels. [14] They sold for $127,500 and $140,000 respectively. However, Nazli and Fathia still ended up in bankruptcy court.
In 2018, a large collection of Happy and Nelson Rockefeller's belongings was auctioned at Sotheby's in three sales of around 450 items, with total proceeds expected to exceed $6.1 million. The sale included a selection of Happy's jewelry including a custom collection by Van Cleef & Arpels. [17]
Arpels was born to Claude Arpels, son of Julien Arpels, who headed the American operations of Van Cleef & Arpels and helped the firm establish a presence on Fifth Avenue since 1939. [2] At age 16, he was sent to Brunei by his mother, Malou, to sell jewelry to the Sultan of Brunei and his family. [1] [3]