Monday, July 20, 2009

Princess Anastasia goes jewel shopping

July 20, 1921

Princess Anastasia of Greece has purchased the "most magnificent jewels in the Rue de la Paix shops," according to the Chicago Daily Tribune. The jewels, mostly pearls, are a wedding present for Princess Xenia of Russia, who is marrying Anastasia's son, William Leeds in September.
The jewels, which cost "millions of francs," will rival those of Princess Anastasia's The princess' jewels collection is considered to be the finest in the world. One of her more valuable pieces is a three-string pearl necklace that she purchased in 1917, and is now valued at 25,000,000 francs.

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