At a Geneva auction on Wednesday, a mysterious necklace encrusted with diamonds that may have been connected to a controversy that led to Marie Antoinette's downfall brought $4.8 million.

A diamond-studded necklace thought to be linked to a scandal that hastened the downfall of the doomed 18th century queen of France, Marie Antoinette, sold at auction in Geneva on Wednesday (November ...

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