Bulgarian Royal Jewels


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I suppose they must be. These years have been very good for tiara selling (collecting great prices), so I don't expect the offers to have been so disappointing that they were withdrawn from sale. A great pity, esp. the floral parure is magnificent, as so many pieces of the Savoy jewellers were!
 
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Such a shame that they seem to have sold almost all their tiaras. Can't imagine that they need the money
 
Blog Real said:
Is the Bulgarian Köchert Fleur-de-Lys Tiara still owned by the Bulgarian Royal Family?
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Sadly no. It has been sold and at some point entered the Albion Art Institute's collection.
But the good news is that it still exists and will be featured in a book on the collection, as revealed by Vincent Meylan
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Vincent Meylan в Instagram : "In July I was lucky enough to meet one of the most extraordinary jewelry collectors of all time : M. #kazumiharikawa. During the past 40 years he has collected amazing jewels, historical pieces, cameos, tiaras, ( includi

741 likes, 16 comments - vincentmeylan на September 11, 2024: "In July I was lucky enough to meet one of the most extraordinary jewelry collectors of all time : M. #kazumiharikawa. During the past 40 years he has collected amazing jewels, historical pieces, cameos, tiaras, ( including the...
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prince.of.preslav said:
Sadly no. It has been sold and at some point entered the Albion Art Institute's collection.
But the good news is that it still exists and will be featured in a book on the collection, as revealed by Vincent Meylan
www.instagram.com

Vincent Meylan в Instagram : "In July I was lucky enough to meet one of the most extraordinary jewelry collectors of all time : M. #kazumiharikawa. During the past 40 years he has collected amazing jewels, historical pieces, cameos, tiaras, ( includi

741 likes, 16 comments - vincentmeylan на September 11, 2024: "In July I was lucky enough to meet one of the most extraordinary jewelry collectors of all time : M. #kazumiharikawa. During the past 40 years he has collected amazing jewels, historical pieces, cameos, tiaras, ( including the...
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Its sad that it was sold off as it was a majestic looking tiara!
 
prince.of.preslav said:
Sadly no. It has been sold and at some point entered the Albion Art Institute's collection.
But the good news is that it still exists and will be featured in a book on the collection, as revealed by Vincent Meylan
www.instagram.com

Vincent Meylan в Instagram : "In July I was lucky enough to meet one of the most extraordinary jewelry collectors of all time : M. #kazumiharikawa. During the past 40 years he has collected amazing jewels, historical pieces, cameos, tiaras, ( includi

741 likes, 16 comments - vincentmeylan на September 11, 2024: "In July I was lucky enough to meet one of the most extraordinary jewelry collectors of all time : M. #kazumiharikawa. During the past 40 years he has collected amazing jewels, historical pieces, cameos, tiaras, ( including the...
www.instagram.com www.instagram.com
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Strange the Link doesn't work for me. Had already noticed that the Instagram from Vincent Meylan doesn't work for me.
 
prince.of.preslav said:
Sadly no. It has been sold and at some point entered the Albion Art Institute's collection.
But the good news is that it still exists and will be featured in a book on the collection, as revealed by Vincent Meylan
www.instagram.com

Vincent Meylan в Instagram : "In July I was lucky enough to meet one of the most extraordinary jewelry collectors of all time : M. #kazumiharikawa. During the past 40 years he has collected amazing jewels, historical pieces, cameos, tiaras, ( includi

741 likes, 16 comments - vincentmeylan на September 11, 2024: "In July I was lucky enough to meet one of the most extraordinary jewelry collectors of all time : M. #kazumiharikawa. During the past 40 years he has collected amazing jewels, historical pieces, cameos, tiaras, ( including the...
www.instagram.com www.instagram.com
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So the Bulgarian royal family must have sold all the tiaras they had. It's a shame.
 
It seems they have sold it all, apart from some trinklets maybe. What a pity. Perhaps there have been some financial issues that forced them to sell?
 
Marengo said:
It seems they have sold it all, apart from some trinklets maybe. What a pity. Perhaps there have been some financial issues that forced them to sell?
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How about a years-long court case fighting against the Bulgarian state?
 
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Marengo said:
It seems they have sold it all, apart from some trinklets maybe. What a pity. Perhaps there have been some financial issues that forced them to sell?
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JR76 said:
How about a year-long court case against the Bulgarian state?
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There is also the maintenance of the Vrana Palace, for example. But it's a shame they sold all the tiaras.
 
Unlike the Greeks the don't really attend Gala's and as such probably don't need them.
Tsarita Margarita doesn't really dress up much either and seems to wear just plain outfits.
 
The jewels were sold several years ago.
The family also had to bear very significant expenses after Kardam's accident. His house in Madrid was renovated to adapt it to his needs and they had to pay for treatments and staff to look after him 24 hours a day.
 
I suppose the jewels have been sold long before the renovation of the Madrid house and are not related to the maintenance of Vrana and Tsarska Bistrista.
I think the only significant jewels spotted on the Queen in recent years are a pair of ruby earrings and a large bow with (topaz) pendant. They might still have Queen Giovanna's pearl bandeau and the rather awkward floral/button tiara Miriam wore in Denmark in 2004.
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I always assumed the ex-King was a very wealthy man, being a businessman in Spain and with all the returned properties. But the properties need investments of course and there was indeed a long court case. If the tiara was indeed sold to pay for the treatment of the late prince Kyrill, that is a sad but most worthy reason for selling.

Alternatively as a businessman he may prefer to divest from dead assets such as jewels to more profitable ones such as stock or real estate. Especially as his wife seems to have little interest in the jewels and has a more modest taste.

Personally I thought the diamond flower parure of Queen Giavanna was actually the 'best' item that the family had, it is one of the most succesful floral tiaras around IMO.

There will be many Bulgarian weddings in the near future, perhaps we will get to see photos of a few of them and then we can assess if the pearl bandeau tiara is still with the family.
 
The Fleur de Lys tiara was used I think by Margarita and her sister in law ,Princess Marie Louise as Wedding tiaras.
It would be nice if the BRF had at least one tiara at their disposal.
 
I suppose they have kept at least one tiara to use for wedding and as a remnant of their royal past.
Indeed, the FdL tiara hasn't been seen since the late 1960's/early 1970's. With few occasions to wear tiaras in the meantime and 5 children to provide for, selling a large chunk of the family heirlooms kinda makes sense.
We know that the floral tiara, the scroll tiara and collet necklaces have been sold. The ones unaccounted for are the pearl bandeau and the smaller floral tiara worn by Miriam in Copenhagen. Also the large ruby necklace from Princess Marie-Louise.

As far as tiaras for future generation go, at least the main line will have at their disposal the Frankenstein tiara Miriam wore in Luxembourg. It was made from jewels she had inherited from her own family.
 
Do you know if the smaller floral tiara is a Bulgarian piece? At the Copenhagen wedding Pss Miriam qore another tiara a day earlier, I imagine that one may have been a loan? or both pieces may have been a loan, as I can't imagine why she would prefer the brooch-tiara over these two.


Smaller floral tiara:

 
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Marengo said:
I always assumed the ex-King was a very wealthy man, being a businessman in Spain and with all the returned properties. But the properties need investments of course and there was indeed a long court case. If the tiara was indeed sold to pay for the treatment of the late prince Kyrill, that is a sad but most worthy reason for selling.
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Had always thought that also the queen came from a wealthly Family as well as some of the daughter-in-laws.
And yes the have not many occasions to wear tiaras but still a few as they are still invited to some Events at the reigning Courts in Europe where there have also been tiara Events like the Weddings in Sweden and Luxembourg.
 
The Royal Watcher said:
I suspect both Tiaras were borrowed from jewellers.

At least, the Bandeau Tiara was borrowed from Carrera y Carrera, where Princess Miriam was then a part of the creative team, the Tiara was presented a week later to the now Queen Letizia for her Wedding to Crown Prince Felipe.




She also wore a mystery Flower Tiara for the Wedding Gala of Grand Duke George Mikhailovich of Russia and Princess Victoria Romanovna Romanoff.
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Letizia wore her mother in laws Prussian tiara on her wedding day to the Prince of Asturias.
You mean it was gifted but not worn?
 
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For Albania, Queen Geraldine had to sell her engagement Ring for King Zog Funerals. Lucky that the Roumanians have still their Greek tiara which was not available for Princes Margaretha Wedding ?.
Such as Bulgaria and Serbia , the monarchies of the past lost their jewel Glory as wrote Marengo
 
maria-olivia said:
For Albania, Queen Geraldine had to sell her engagement Ring for King Zog Funerals. Lucky that the Roumanians have still their Greek tiara which was not available for Princes Margaretha Wedding ?.
Such as Bulgaria and Serbia , the monarchies of the past lost their jewel Glory as wrote Marengo
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It's a shame that the Bulgarian Royal Family didn't at least keep the Bulgarian Köchert Fleur-de-Lys Tiara. And the Yugoslav Royal Family should also have at least one tiara.
 
Always exiting to 'discover' unknown tiaras. And the recent re-appearance of the jewels of the 'Bulgarian' sidebranch of the Wurttemberg family and subsequent auction now has some jewels with Bulgarian provenance going up for sale. Among them a beautiful opal tiara and a diamond bandeau tiara.

Vincent Meylan on Instagram: "More than a hundred jewels, a lot of them belonging to H.M king Ferdinand of Bulgaria (1861-1948) will be sold @sothebysjewels Geneva on the 11th of November. Diamonds, rubies… necklaces, bracelets, rings, brooches… sign

795 likes, 15 comments - vincentmeylan on October 7, 2024: "More than a hundred jewels, a lot of them belonging to H.M king Ferdinand of Bulgaria (1861-1948) will be sold @sothebysjewels Geneva on the 11th of November. Diamonds, rubies… necklaces, bracelets, rings, brooches… signed by Bapst...
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Hopefully we will be treated to some photos soon.
 
The jewels are lovely, but not very significant for the Bulgarian royal house, where they stayed for one generation before travelling to Germany with Princesses Nadezhda, Evdokia and their father after 1918.
Perhaps the star of the auction is the colored diamond tie pin, which belong to Tsar Ferdinand. We are yet to understand the provenance of the opal tiara and pendants, but I bet they are Wurttemberg heirlooms, like most of the jewels sold last year. Another interesting piece is the fleur-de-lis bracelet from Princess Clementine, which pays homage to the French flag.

Here is the online catalogue. Only a few of the jewels have been listed as of now, though.
www.sothebys.com

Royal & Noble Jewels | 2024 | Sotheby's

On 13 November, Sotheby’s Geneva is proud to present its first dedicated Royal and Noble Jewels Sale, featuring some of the most spectacular and historically significant jewels with various illustrious Royal and aristocratic provenances, continuing the legacy of the Single Owner Sales of the...
www.sothebys.com www.sothebys.com
 
What is the connection with the Fluer de Lys and the Bulgarian RF jewels.
Is it to do with a particular devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary or a connection to France?
 
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