British auction house Elmwoods raises £15,000 for the National Emergencies Trust in a special charity jewellery auction in West London.

A Red Cross (depicted below) is known as a symbol of help and support around the world. The cross was one of the main highlights of a special online jewellery charity auction held by Elmwood’s Auctioneers in West London on Thursday, April 23rd, 2020.

The auction raised the fantastic sum of £15,000 for the National Emergencies Trust, a charity that is helping local communities affected by the Coronavirus outbreak.

The auction, which contained a variety of beautiful, yet affordable jewellery, was a great success with all proceeds given to the charity. The stunning antique Georgian garnet pendant (pictured below), which was a symbolic addition to the sale, due to significance of the red cross around the world, sold above its estimate for £572.

Elmwood’s auctioneer’s Director, Samuel Hill, said of the result: “It was amazing to see so many people pulling together at this difficult time. We had 1,500 buyers registered to bid from 66 different countries, across six continents! The online nature of our business enabled us to reach a broad audience, which facilitated a great result for a very worthy cause.”

A snake bangle in 18-carat yellow gold, designed as a snake coiled around itself and set with round-cut red stone eyes realised £975 against a pre-sale estimate low estimate of £400.

A striking aquamarine and sapphire dress ring (pictured below) in 18ct yellow gold, set with an oval cut aquamarine between two pear-cut sapphires also sold above its estimate at £390.

One of the main highlights of the sale was a stunning Rolex ladies oyster perpetual day-date wristwatch (shown above). In 18 carat gold and set with round-cut baguette diamonds, the watch, signed Rolex is stamped 750, with Swiss assay marks and realised £1,350.

Also within the sale was a collection of eight early 20th Century pieces of suffragette jewellery, which were set with amethyst, peridot and pearls, the three colours symbolising the suffrage movement, purple for loyalty and dignity, white for purity, and green for hope. All eight pieces in the sale sold for a collective total of £3,341, against a pre-sale low estimate of £1,900.

To view future Elmwoods auctions, visit their website at www.elmwoods.co.uk.

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