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SUMMARY:bulgari - Date de vente : 11/12/2025
DESCRIPTION:Nom du lots : Bulgari\n\nComposed of rectangular curb links\, f
 eaturing white gold reeding on one side\, and polished yellow gold on the 
 other.\n\nThe Uta Ortiz-Patiño Collection of Magnificent Jewels\n\nThe Or
 tiz-Patiño name looms large in the worlds of art and culture. At Sotheby
 ’s\, it holds particular resonance\, especially for those who have made 
 their careers here. Over the course of five decades\, we have presented ne
 arly twenty stand-alone sales from the Ortiz-Patiño family. The collectio
 n of Luz Mila Patiño\, Countess de Boisrouvray\, comprised an astonishing
  selection of impressive jewels—including a Kashmir sapphire necklace an
 d a 32-carat Burmese ruby ring—that brought $31 million when offered in 
 1989. For comparison\, the 1987 auction of the Duchess of Windsor’s jew
 els achieved $50 million\, but across a far greater number of pieces.\n\nT
 he Patiño family fortune was built by Simón Patiño (1860-1947)\, the 
 “Tin King” of Bolivia. During World War II he was one of the wealthie
 st men in the world\, earning him the additional sobriquet of the “Andea
 n Rockefeller.” As pater familias\, Simón ensured that connoisseurship
  and an appreciation for quality and provenance became dynastic. These pri
 orities extended to jewelry\, and in the 1930s he acquired the “Andean C
 ross\,” a jewel set with a 45-carat emerald carved from a single crystal
  that had passed through the collections of Queen Isabel II of Spain and E
 mpress Eugenie of France.\n\nSimón’s beautiful daughter\, Graziella (18
 95-1980)\, married Jorge Ortiz Linares (1894-1965)\, Bolivia’s post-war 
 ambassador to France. Graziella formed an exquisite collection of 18th-cen
 tury decorative art while Jorge collected rare books and manuscripts. They
  raised their two sons\, George (1927-2013) and Jaime (1930-2013)\, in Fra
 nce and the brothers later built two of the greatest art collections of th
 e 20th century. George developed a passion for antiquities and Jaime acqui
 red Impressionist paintings\, books and 18th-century French and English si
 lver. Jaime was also an accomplished sportsman: he competed in the French 
 and Italian Opens\, was an avid golfer and became a World Bridge Federatio
 n World Life Master.\n\nIt was into this rarified world that Uta Krebber e
 ntered when she married Jaime Ortiz-Patiño in 1970. Born in Germany and e
 ducated in Switzerland\, she enjoyed a career as a fashion model before me
 eting the high-energy scion of the Patiño family. True jetsetters\, she 
 and Jaime maintained residences in Geneva\, Rio de Janeiro\, Megève\, Par
 is\, Sotogrande and Palm Beach. Uta’s fluency in English\, French\, Germ
 an\, Italian\, Portuguese and Spanish\, complemented by working knowledge 
 of several other languages\, allowed her to move with ease across cultures
  and social circles. She has always surrounded herself with beauty and he
 r passion for art and interior design is immediately apparent when visitin
 g her historic home in Palm Beach. The majority of her jewels were acquir
 ed from the 1960s to the ‘80s with Van Cleef & Arpels her house of choic
 e. Uta’s life amongst the highest levels of society has provided many o
 pportunities to wear and enjoy her jewels\, including Palm Beach’s Red C
 ross Ball and a visit to Buckingham Palace as well as both intimate and fo
 rmal events with luminaries such as King Carlos of Spain\, Prince Bernhard
  of the Netherlands\, President George H. W. Bush and Baron Hans Heinrich 
 Thyssen-Bornemisza\, whom she counted as a close friend.\n\nSotheby’s is
  honored to continue its tradition of offering works from the Ortiz-Patiñ
 o family this December.
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