“Oh, I hope nobody else bids on this! I want this,” the fashion designer Gabriela Hearst declares, caressing the massive David Webb necklace she is wearing as if it is the most casual of trinkets. This behemoth, a diamond “Demon Mask” necklace-brooch, features a carved nephrite mask of pre-Columbian inspiration adorned with a textured gold headdress, bezel-set cabochon amethysts, and a plethora of other spectacular stones. It is just one of the dazzling pieces that Hearst has curated from Sotheby’s upcoming High Jewelry sale, taking place December 9 in the house’s new digs in the Breuer building on Madison Avenue. (You know the place, the boxy stack of rectangles that used to house the Whitney Museum.)
This is the first time Sotheby’s has collaborated with a designer, and Hearst says it was a marriage made in heaven. “It was one of the happiest professional assignments of my life,” she explains. Hearst has loved jewelry since childhood and designs fine and high jewelry herself—in fact, she has created a pair of earrings that are featured in the auction. She calls them Alpha and Omega, and their sale will benefit Amazon Frontlines, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the rights and lands of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon. The Alpha earring features emeralds and sapphires, while the Omega literally rocks a round ruby. If the estimate—$60,000 to $80,000—might seem daunting, bear in mind that these convert to studs and pendants, so you are getting three looks in one—a bargain!
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