Auctioneers said they were left stunned as a dazzling Cartier tiara, once owned by former Plymouth MP Nancy Astor, soared far beyond its estimated value at auction. The diamond-encrusted tiara, expected to fetch about £400,000, instead reached nearly £890,000. “We were on tenterhooks in the sale room, it just kept going and going, it was...
A Cartier turquoise and diamond tiara owned by the first woman to take a seat in the House of Commons has been sold for £700,000. American-born Nancy Astor was elected in 1919 to represent Plymouth Sutton in Parliament and held the seat until she stood down in 1945. London Auctioneers Bonhams said it was the...
Jake Wallace BBC News, South West Bonhams The tiara could sell for more than £250,000 A Cartier turquoise and diamond tiara owned by the first woman to take a seat in the House of Commons is expected to fetch more than £250,000 at auction. American-born Nancy Astor was elected in 1919 to represent Plymouth Sutton...