article_snippet.sent: Anyone attending Christie's's Magnificent Jewels auction next month might want to bring a pair of sunglasses with Anyone attending the Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction next month.
article_snippet.sent: The array of glittering precious stones on display at the event in Geneva on May 13 is blinding.
article_snippet.sent: Overall, a Magnificent Jewels auction is expected to raise in excess of £53million.
article_snippet.sent: a Magnificent Jewels auction will showcase  351 historically significant and antique jewels spanning from the 18th to the 20th centuries.
article_snippet.sent: Also for sale is a pair of antique emerald Indian bangles, which are believed to have descended from one of the more prominent Indian Royal families.
article_snippet.sent: Set with large emeralds, large emeralds would have been worn spaced with other gem-­set bracelets in the style  of the Art Deco period in the 1920s and 1930s.
article_snippet.sent: The bangles come with fitted red leather cases embossed with a gold B on each of The bangles and are especially rare because The bangles are one of the few old Indian jewels that have not been taken apart for The bangles gem content.
article_snippet.sent: The auction also features a pair of ruby and diamond ear pendants and matching ring, by Van Cleef & Arpels that was once owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - they were given to Jacqueline Kennedy as a wedding gift by Aristotle Onassis in 1968.
highlights_snippet.sent: Christie's is holding a Magnificent Jewels auction next month in Geneva .
  