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Top jewelry pieces fall short of target prices at Christie's auction derided by Jewish groups

A ruby ring and a diamond necklace fetched less than their pre-sale estimates at a Christie’s auction of a vast jewelry collection of a late Austrian heiress that was bought with riches from a retail empire dating back to the Nazi era in Germany

The Independent UK · May 10, 2023

Auction of £120m of jewels to go ahead despite Jewish groups’ concerns

Critics say collection derives from fortune made by buying businesses from Jews who were forced to sell in Nazi Germany

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2023

Christie's sale of Austrian heiress' jewels stirs criticism

Christie’s is auctioning a staggering 700 pieces of jewelry from the collection of the late Heidi Horten, an Austrian heiress whose German husband built a retail empire starting in the 1930s — in part from department stores and other assets sold by desperate Jews as they fled Nazi Germany

The Independent UK · May 9, 2023