ew ell ery ▁au ction ▁in ▁Gene va ▁the ▁ 2 ▁and ▁ 3 ▁April ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁by ▁S othe by ' s ▁of ▁the ▁Duch ess ▁of ▁W inds or ' s , ▁collection ▁of ▁j ew els ▁and ▁pre cious ▁objects . ▁During ▁this ▁au ction , ▁only ▁five ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 6 ▁Bel per ron ▁pieces ▁were ▁correctly ▁catalog ued . ▁ ▁Re - ed ition ▁of ▁Bel per ron ' s ▁j ew els ▁Br ought ▁to ▁the ▁fore ▁by ▁the ▁sale ▁of ▁the ▁j ew els ▁belonging ▁to ▁the ▁Duch ess ▁of ▁W inds or , ▁Bel per ron ' s ▁work ▁was ▁finally ▁recogn ised ▁and ▁highly ▁val ued . ▁The ▁" So ci été ▁Nouvelle ▁Herz - Bel per ron ", ▁at ▁ 1 0 , ▁R ue ▁Viv ienne ▁in ▁Paris , ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁June ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁and ▁had ▁only ▁one ▁exclusive ▁American ▁client , ▁a ▁j ew eller ▁based ▁in ▁New ▁York , ▁who ▁ordered ▁re - ed itions ▁( h ence ▁modern ▁j ew els ) ▁from ▁the ▁Société ▁Nouvelle ▁Herz - Bel per ron . ▁ ▁The ▁Société ▁Nouvelle ▁Herz - Bel per ron ▁was ▁liquid ated ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁December ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁following ▁a ▁' trans fer ▁of ▁shares ▁of ▁the ▁share hold ers '. ▁ ▁Disc overy ▁of ▁personal ▁arch ives ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁the ▁resid u