NEW YORK, NY.- Christie's presents Modern Icons: Jewels & Watches from an Important Family Collection, a single‑owner auction offered across multiple sale platforms this June, beginning with Magnificent Jewels and continuing with a dedicated online sale closing on 12 June. Featuring more than 150 pieces, the collection offers one of the most compelling snapshots of contemporary luxury to appear at auction in recent years, a vibrant, wearable, and intentionally curated vision of high jewelry and classic watches from the 1980s through the 2010s, with a particular emphasis on Bulgari, Cartier, and Chopard.
Assembled with remarkable intentionality, the collection includes multiple suites of matching necklaces, earrings, and rings, complete sets from single high jewelry collections, and a consistent focus on pieces that are both wearable and instantly recognizable. Color plays a defining role throughout — jewels that capture glamour while remaining deeply relevant to today's collectors: bold, sculptural, joyful, and designed to be lived in rather than locked away.
Claibourne Poindexter, Head of Department, Jewelry, Americas, says, “Modern Icons showcases the defining design language of late‑20th‑century jewelry, bringing together pieces that balance wearability with unmistakable signature style. It offers collectors at every level the chance to acquire standout creations from important maisons including Bulgari, Cartier, Chopard, and Graff.”
Leading the sale is a Bulgari Suite of Multi-Gem and Diamond Jewelry (estimate: $40,000-60,000) with variously-shaped coral and turquoise plaques, round emeralds, and diamonds. Additional top lots include a Ruby and Diamond Ring (estimate: $60,000-80,000), which features an oval mixed-cut ruby of 12.58 carats, a Cartier Diamond 'Boudoir' Necklace (estimate: $60,000-80,000), Chopard Emerald and Diamond Chandelier Earrings (estimate: $30,000-50,000), and a Bulgari Set of Multi-gem and Diamond 'Colour Delight' Jewelry containing cushion-shaped amethysts and pink tourmalines, pear-shaped peridots, round diamonds (estimate: $40,000-60,000).
The sale also includes a selection of instantly recognizable watches such as the highly sought after Cartier Gold 'Tank Asymétrique' Wristwatch (estimate: $40,000-60,000) and a circa 1968 Rolex White Gold 'King Midas' Bracelet Watch (estimate: $20,000-30,000).
