A total of six pieces of jewellery that have directly belonged to the Danish royal family have been auctioned. It is rare for jewellery that has directly belonged to members of the Danish royal family to be offered for sale at auction.
On December 1st 2022, six pieces of jewellery of that nature were offered at the Danish auction house Bruun Rasmussen, and were sold for several hundred thousand Danish crowns.
The main piece was a sapphire tiara that belonged to Princess Thyra. It was in early November it became known that the Royal Danish diamond and sapphire «Thyra-tiara» most recently worn by Princess Elisabeth of Denmark was to be auctioned. The tiara was a present from the future King Frederik VIII and Queen Louise of Denmark to their third daughter, Princess Thyra. As Princess Thyra had no children, she left it to her niece, Princess Caroline-Mathilde, who presented it to her daughter, Princess Elisabeth, in 1963.
The tiara was sold for 650,000 Danish crowns, abut 65,000 US dollars. It had been valued at between 600,000-800,000 Danish crowns.
Also on sale was a piece of jewellery from Queen Alexandrine, who was married to King Christian X, and was therefore Queen Margrethe’s grandmother. Her emerald and diamond bracelet, which was valued at between 300,000-400,000 Danish crowns, was sold for 700,000 Danish crowns. The bracelet is a little more modern, created in the Art Deco style from the 1920s.
In general, there was great interest in the jewellery, says the auction house. This applied both from abroad and from Danish buyers. For all six pieces of jewellery from the royal family, it is the current owners who have put them up for sale. But as long as neither the sellers nor the buyers want to appear publicly, it is not possible to find out who they are. The jewellery has been inherited in a straight line by descendants from King Frederik VIII and Queen Louise.
