Oscar Massin’s Rare Peacock Feather Brooch Flies Off the Auction Block
Peacocks and their plumage represent good fortune, kindness, and nobility in various cultures and mythologies. But that doesn’t explain why this peacock feather pin fetched roughly four times its high estimate ($80,000) at Sotheby’s Dec. 5 Magnificent Jewels from the Collection of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman sale in New York City. Its rare pedigree does. Manufactured around 1860, the estate piece is a product of Oscar Massin—a designer who’s largely unknown outside jewelry circles. But his pieces are highly prized among collectors. “Massin was one of the really important French jew
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