Italian royal tiara fetches $1.6 million at Swiss auction
A diamond and pearl tiara passed down through generations of Italy's royal family sold for 1.5 million Swiss francs ($1.66 million) when it was auctioned in Switzerland on Tuesday. The price was one of the highest achieved for a tiara in recent years, auctioneers Sotheby's said following the sale in Geneva. Dating from the second half of the 19th century, the tiara was a wedding gift to Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo upon her marriage in 1867 to Amadeo I of Savoy, later king of Spain.
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