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Lot 1381

Pair of Opal and Diamond Earrings

26 – 27 October 2020, 11:00 PDT
Los Angeles

Sold for US$1,275 inc. premium

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Pair of Opal and Diamond Earrings

Coober Pedy, South Australia
Designed in the antique style, comprising small marquise-shaped white opal cabochons suspending larger white opal cabochons with good multi-color fire, each accented with 22 small single-cut diamonds, mounted in 14K white and yellow gold. Height 1 3/4 in

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GLORIA MANNEY

Every curator, dealer and auctioneer who has met Gloria Manney called her "one of a kind" or said, "they don't make 'em like her anymore." She was a voracious collector with a style, intelligence, curiosity, courage and point of view all her own.

Along with her husband, Richard Manney, they researched and collected an amazing array of material culture and built entire markets for objects by aiding scholars in their work, including rare books and 18th and 19th Century fine and decorative arts. Their collections included the greatest assemblages of American portrait miniatures and American colonial goldsmithing, both now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their furniture resides at Winterthur, The Met and The Art Institute of Chicago.

But above all the objects in their lives, Opals were Gloria's first and foremost passion from childhood. They were her birthstone, her playthings, and her favorite adornment. No opal passed her by, as she believed every opal needed a home. A magpie by nature, their beauty entranced her. Gloria worked with dealers and auctioneers around the world to find opals. And the opals found her.

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