The included jewelery, a pendulum, a Chinese marble sculpture, silver cutlery, crockery and a puppet opera glasses. The articles came from a private collection.
The auction brought a small 17,000 euros, almost ten times more than expected. The yield was intentionally estimated much lower. “We have valued the objects as if they came out a regular inventory, because we could not possibly estimate what the additional value would be the name Mata Hari,” said a spokeswoman for the auction house.
Necklaces
The most expensive piece was a necklace with amber stones. It was sold for 4,000 euros, where it was estimated at 100 to 200 euros. A rose gold ring with a diamond, which was valued at 200 to 400 euros, went for 1250 euros to a relative of the famous spy. A contract document was bought by the Amsterdam restaurant Matahari
The objects come from the collection of a nephew of the notary that stuff -. Via a Matahari artist friend -. Had been in custody
Quality
Matahari, which is actually Margaret Gertrude Zelle was called, was born in Leeuwarden, was executed by the French in 1917 during World War I for treason. She would French officers with whom they have a relationship had military secrets wrested
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