Bidding was brisk in the sale room during the Royal and Noble Jewels auction, with the 300-carat diamond necklace eventually selling to a delighted telephone bidder after a seven-minute battle.

A diamond necklace that has been worn ... which handled the sale.Despite the exact origins of the necklace not being recorded, the auction house believes the antique piece could only have been ...

A necklace believed to contain jewels from the infamous Marie Antoinette "Affair of the Diamond Necklace" has ... for 50 years before it came up for sale. Its final sale price of over 4.2 million ...