Legend has it that the necklace was picked apart, with the diamonds being sold on the black markets of Paris and London. While Marie Antoinette was found to have no involvement in purchasing the ...
One of the best-known works of art at the New Orleans Museum of Art is a regal painting of Marie Antoinette. Painted in 1788 ...
Marie Antoinette was born in Austria in 1755 and ... were sold piecemeal on the black market. A jeweller working on London's Bond Street confirmed he bought more than half of them for £10,000 ...