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steph k's avatar

Dearest is one of my favorite newsletters. Thank you for creating it, it's fabulous!

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Monica McLaughlin's avatar

Thank you for reading it!!!

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Jennifer Pierce's avatar

Delightful stuff—those emerald slabs! Your descriptions are phenomenal. Your eye is unerring. Thank you.

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Monica McLaughlin's avatar

Ha, thank you!!

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WhatWillTheGirlBecome's avatar

Ugh this is s u c h a good edition of Dearest! I'm dead.

There was mention of the Bronte manuscript in the Times over the weekend, and I'm so pleased it's going to the Parsonage museum. That's great news.

Also, that bracelet is spectacular, but the praying mantis necklace is giving me serious grabby hands!! I kind of hate that the necklace estimate is so low because that makes it seem accessible, but I expect that one will blow the estimate away. Same for the bracelet, frankly.

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Monica McLaughlin's avatar

Yes, the Heyman estimate seems low to me, too! I have the auction on right now and they're around 60 lots away. VERY curious to see how well it does.

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Monica McLaughlin's avatar

It just sold for 1,150,000 CHF, so with the fees added that comes out to around $1,448,000. I'm glad; it's a truly magnificent piece.

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WhatWillTheGirlBecome's avatar

In my head I was thinking $1M-1.5M, and that seems right for that. The craftsmanship is just spectacular.

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Books on GIF's avatar

The little tiny Bronte book!

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Monica McLaughlin's avatar

RIGHT!?!!?! Her struggles with the spelling of "rhyme" - I'm dead. I love her so much.

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Melanie's avatar

Even though I kind of love it, I think I would be a walking bug dance if I were wearing the Praying Mantis necklace.

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Monica McLaughlin's avatar

Ha!

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Yessica Klein's avatar

Amazing! I'm writing something about Rolex at the moment and would love to talk to you about it.

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Monica McLaughlin's avatar

Sure, shoot me an email! Although fair warning - I know absolutely zilch about watches, so I'm not sure how much help I could be.

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Yessica Klein's avatar

Thank you so much, Monica!

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