The original Cartier invoice states that the "five row pearl necklace,
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once belong to Catherine; Anna Thomson Dodge's heirs maintain that Horace bought the pearls from Cartier on that basis.
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Automotive billionaire Horace Elgin Dodge purchased the necklace from Cartier in Paris in 1920 for his wife Anna Thomson Dodge at the astonishing price of
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Now reduced to three strands comprised of 224 pearls and two Cartier diamond clasps, the necklace is estimated at $500,
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