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Marie Antoinette’s Jewels, Hidden for 200 Years, Are Up for Sale

LET THEM EAT DIAMONDS

The doomed queen of France smuggled her jewels out of the palace in a wooden chest, and some haven’t been seen for centuries. Now her pearls and diamonds are going up for auction.

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