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When the Jewels by JAR exhibit opened at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2013, I wrote a review of the limited-edition collection the Paris-based designer had created for sale at the museum, and posed a question: Were they worth the price?
Last month I stumbled across those baubles a few blocks south at Christie’s Rockefeller Center, and got my answer….five years later. I was there for the Magnificent Jewels previews so was surprised to find those museum-shop goodies in its online jewels sale.
Christie’s did not have any fine custom jewels by Joel Arthur Rosenthal in their cases this time, but I did find a bespoke JAR jewel at Sotheby’s that day. Got to play with it before it was snapped up for $168,750
