Sold for $7,500

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Lot Description

Carl Lewis Druckman

(American, 1958-1996)

Award Winning Southwestern-style Platinum Thunderbird Brooch

elegantly crafted from platinum; with a triangular chrysocolla body and accented with five triangular cut Trielle Diamonds along the upper edge (1.93 tcw); black jade forms the wings and tail; head is topped with a lapis and coral crown; the tail is set with one triangular cut Trielle Diamond (.84 ct), while each wing is set with three square cut Quadrillion Diamonds (3:10 tcw all 6), a round brilliant cut diamond (1.18 ct) and a tapered wedge cut diamond (.38 ct) comprise of the eye and beak

marked PLATINUM 18K with CLD hallmark

length 2-3/4 inches x width 2 inches x depth 1/4 inch, platinum 80 dwt., diamonds 7.52 tcw

From the Carl Lewis Druckman Collection, Arizona

Winner of the DeBeers Diamonds Today Award in 1991.

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