The 300-carat necklace thought to be at the center of the infamous 'Affair of the Diamond Necklace' that contributed to the ...

The necklace containing around 300 carats of diamonds was bought by an unidentified woman who put in her bid over the phone, ...

Marie Antoinette was born in Austria in 1755 and sent to France to be the child bride of the future King Louis XVI. The last ...

A diamond-studded necklace thought to be linked to a scandal that hastened the downfall of the doomed 18th century queen of ...

The necklace, which has been worn at two British coronations, smashed auction house estimates at a jewelry sale in ...

A necklace thought to contain diamonds from an earlier necklace which embroiled Marie Antoinette in scandal has found success ...

A subsequent trial found the queen blameless, yet did little to alleviate her growing notoriety for extravagance which helped ...

How the Affair of the Diamond Necklace changed history—and why 18th-century jewelry remains an eternal holy grail.

"There is obviously a niche in the market for historical jewels with fabulous provenances," Sotheby's jewelry specialist ...

A diamond necklace, potentially linked to Marie Antoinette, sold for $4.8 million at a Sotheby's auction on Wednesday in ...

"The French public believed that the queen had accepted the necklace from the cardinal, and this blow to her already bad reputation greatly contributed to the Revolution." Queen Marie Antoinette ...