Treasure Hunt all over the World

Ye Tian began to disassemble the small white satin bag in his hand, and explained to everyone the meaning of the pattern embroidered on the white satin.

"Iris is the national flower of France. The logo you see now, with three irises on an oval shield, is the symbol of the French Bourbon dynasty, but it is only a simplified version!"

While speaking, he had already untied the small white satin bag in his hand, and presented the things wrapped inside to everyone.

It was a pearl and diamond bowknot brooch, exquisitely designed, elegant and gorgeous, a piece of top jewelry in Rococo art style.

At the top of the brooch is a dazzling diamond, huge in size and perfectly cut, emitting an incomparably bright light, making everyone's eyes dizzy.

Below this huge diamond is a diamond and platinum bowknot, which is very beautiful and beautiful, and it also radiates brilliant light!

But these are just accessories. The most eye-catching and even crazy thing on this top jewelry is the drop-shaped pearl falling below!

That pure and flawless white natural pearl is the size of a quail egg, it can be said to be extremely rare, and you can see the precious light constantly flowing on its surface! extravagant,

Due to the long history, this pearl has turned slightly yellow and needs some treatment!

With just a little treatment, this pearl and diamond bow brooch can be completely restored to its former beauty, emitting a brighter and more charming light.

The moment they saw this pearl and diamond bow brooch, everyone at the scene was completely stunned.

Except for Ye Tian, ​​everyone at the scene counted one by one, their eyes widened in an instant, staring at the treasure in Ye Tian's hands, eyes full of fascination and madness.

Especially Betty, she gently covered her mouth with her hand, lest she could not control her emotions, she screamed crazily with excitement, her eyes twinkled with stars, and there was nothing else.

The antique shop fell silent, only the sound of heavy and rapid breathing remained, and there were no other sounds.

After a long time, Gatrink's distraught voice was heard, breaking the silence of the scene.

"This is the legendary pearl and diamond bow brooch. I'm sure that this set of antique furniture belongs to Martha Christina. To be precise, it should be the furniture of Martha Christina's servant!"

His voice just fell,

Jurgen's voice sounded immediately, also full of incredible.

"That's right! This is indeed the legendary brooch, but why is it here? How did it appear in Brussels? According to legend, wasn't it sent to Vienna, Austria?"

Except for Ye Tian, ​​no one else at the scene understood the words of the two antique art appraisal experts.

"Steven, is this pearl and diamond bow brooch a very famous piece of jewelry? Why did they say that in Gatrink? Who was the original owner of this piece of jewelry?"

Betty asked in surprise, her eyes were fixed on the treasure in Ye Tian's hand all the time, and she was not willing to look away for a moment.

Ye Tian gently picked up the brooch with two fingers, looked back and forth, then handed the dazzling top-level jewelry to Betty, and gently placed it in her palm.

The moment she received the brooch, Betty leaned closer to appreciate it, her expression fascinated!

At the same time, Ye Tian also began to explain the story related to this top jewelry.

"Gatlinck is right. This is indeed a legendary pearl and diamond bow brooch. It is very famous in history. It can be said that it is a very huge surprise to find it here.

The former owner of this top jewelry was the last queen of the Bourbon dynasty, also known as the famous Cleopatra, Queen Mary, the wife of the last king of the Bourbon dynasty, Louis XVI.

In the wave of the French Revolution, although the Bourbon dynasty had a brief restoration in the nineteenth century, we generally talk about the end of the French Bourbon dynasty with Louis XVI as the end.

As the wife of Louis XVI, Queen Mary, known as the Peerless Queen, is probably one of the most extravagant queens in European history. She is extremely fanatical and obsessed with top jewelry.

Queen Mary, who was born in the royal family of the Holy Roman Empire, grew up rich and luxurious, and when she grew up and married to France, she developed this luxurious life style to the extreme.

As long as she sees the jewelry she likes, she will buy it without hesitation, never considering the price factor. The crazy level of her buying jewelry is absolutely unprecedented!

As one of the top powers in Europe at the time, France was even "bought" by her to the point of national bankruptcy. Because of this famous extravagance and lust, she was also called the "Madame Deficit""

"Wow! This is exaggerated, what a luxury to the extreme"

There was a burst of exclamation at the scene, everyone was shocked by Ye Tian's words, and they were also shocked by Queen Mary's extravagance.

After a short pause, Ye Tian continued to say:

"The outbreak of the French Revolution was largely related to Queen Mary's extremely extravagant life style. It was because of her extravagance that the French finances fell into an unprecedented serious crisis!

What followed was the turbulent French Revolution, the Bourbon dynasty that had ruled France for hundreds of years was completely overthrown, and Queen Mary, like her husband, was sent to the guillotine by the French people.

In 1791, Louis XVI and Queen Mary faced the surging wave of revolution. In order to save their lives, they could only choose to flee in a hurry, but Queen Mary was reluctant to part with her dazzling jewelry.

She started preparations a few months in advance, sorting and carefully wrapping up many of her precious jewels, and entrusting trusted servants and friends to take them out of France at that time in a hurry.

The pearl and diamond butterfly brooch you see now is a very famous piece of jewelry. Queen Mary arranged for someone to secretly send it to her sister in Brussels, Belgium.

Queen Mary's sister, the Martha Christina that Mr. Gatlinck just mentioned, came from the royal family of the Holy Roman Empire and was a member of the Belgian royal family at that time, which is recorded in history books.

According to legend, the top jewelry that Queen Mary sent to Brussels was not long before being transferred to Vienna, Austria, which was Queen Mary's natal home and the place where she felt most at ease.

After this batch of jewelry was sent to Vienna, it was handed over to Queen Mary's nephew, the future Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, for safekeeping, and has been stored there.

It is a pity that the escape plan of Louis XVI and Queen Mary failed. The two of them were tried successively, and then sent to the guillotine by the revolutionary French people. They never saw this batch of jewelry again.

When Queen Mary was tried, her extravagant purchase of jewelry became one of the reasons for her conviction. To some extent, it can be said that Queen Mary died of these jewelry!

After the death of Louis XVI and Queen Mary, their only daughter, Marie Teresa, took back part of her mother's jewelry, and some of the jewelry was later donated by her to others.

In the long period of more than two hundred years since then, these top-level jewelry have been circulating in private hands, held by nobles all over Europe, and have never shown their faces in public.

The appearance of this pearl and diamond butterfly brooch in front of me is enough to show that Martha Christina, who received Queen Mary's jewelry, did not send all the jewelry to Vienna!

She took part of it on her own initiative, and it was the most eye-catching and valuable brooch. If it wasn't for this, there would be no such huge surprise! "

Everyone at the scene was completely dumbfounded. They were all stunned, their eyes widened, and the eyeballs almost flew out of their sockets!

While lamenting Queen Mary's extravagant and voluptuous life style, everyone also sighed secretly!

How could a person love jewelry to such an extent that not only 'buying' bankrupted a European power, triggered a magnificent wave of revolution, and even lost his own life because of it!

What Steven said is absolutely right. In terms of her love for top jewelry, Queen Mary is absolutely unprecedented and unprecedented!

"How much is this Queen Mary's pearl and diamond bow brooch worth? Steven, can you tell everyone? It must be worth a fortune, right?"

Joseph asked curiously, his eyes filled with envy.

Not only him, this is also a question that everyone at the scene is very concerned about. Everyone wants to know the answer to this question, including the Ghent father and son who have fallen into despair and feel ashamed.

Hearing Joseph's question, everyone looked at Ye Tian at the same time, looking forward to his answer!

Ye Tian looked at the piece of top jewelry that Betty was holding in his hand, then smiled and said:

"In 18th-century France, the value of this pearl and diamond bow brooch would have been between 800,000 and 1 million livres, the livre being the French currency at the time.

You may not understand how much this money is. At that time, buying an ordinary house in a French town usually only cost 200 livres. From this, we can see how expensive this piece of jewelry is!

Today, more than two hundred years later, this is also a priceless treasure. According to my estimation, the value of this piece of jewelry should be between 30 million and 40 million euros! "

After the voice fell, the entire antique shop immediately fell silent, deathly silent, everyone seemed to have completely lost the ability to breathe!