Crown Jewel. In 'Marie Antoinette,' a Queen and a Director Who Were Judged Unfairly. October 19, 2006. ... By the time "Marie Antoinette" gets to its most notorious scene--an orgy of champagne, ...

The crown that the Notorious B.I.G. wore in his famous King of New York photograph sold for nearly $600,000 last year, while a pair of Marie Antoinette’s diamond bracelets sold just this week ...

For 200 years, Marie Antoinette’s lavish jewelry has remained hidden from the public eye—but it will soon be up for auction. The collection, called Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family ...

Marie Antoinette bought the two three-strand diamond bracelets in around 1776 from her personal jeweler Charles Auguste Boehmer for 250,000 livres, the modern-day equivalent of $4.6 million ...

It’s not every day you get to bid on crown jewels. But you can do just that at Christie’s this fall. Marie Antoinette purchased the bracelets in the spring of 1776 for 250,000 livres (French ...

To trace their provenance, we begin with Marie-Antoinette's famously insatiable appetite for jewelry. Not one to worry about a budget, the Queen purchased the bracelets from Boehmer for 250,000 ...

Forced to choose between the crown and Simpson, ... Diamond bracelets that belonged to Marie Antoinette sold for $8.2 million, the second highest price ever for a jewel belonging to the queen.

Marie Antoinette's biggest passion was her jewels. Louis raided the French crown jewels to allow his queen to indulge her passion for rubies, and she was also a particular fan of pearls.

Season 2 of Marie Antoinette premieres on Sunday, March 23 at 10 p.m. ET on PBS. It can also be streamed on PBS.org or on the PBS app or on PBS Masterpiece on Prime Video.

Marie Antoinette Arrives in France. Season 1 of Marie Antoinette opens up with the vivacious, 14-year-old dauphine finding her bearings in the intimidating, grandiose halls of Versailles.Sent to ...