My parents began giving me antique jewelry when I was a girl. Our family had a friend who was an antiques dealer, and Mrs. Carlson's store had a pirate's booty of Victorian seed-pearl and garnet ...

The story starts with a theft—albeit of the innocent sort: a daughter poking through her mother’s jewelry box, discovering a cameo on a chain, tucking it away in a bag that would soon be carried off ...

The auburn hair on the back is thought to belong to Lady Hamilton A rare artefact linked to Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton's famous love affair been auctioned for £44,000. The late 18th ...

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