Category:La Peregrina pearl

Ownership history

mid 16^th century

: discovered by an unknown African slave (On the coast of the isle of Santa Margarita in the Gulf of Panama)
before 1579

: ownership transferred to king Philip II of Spain, by Don Pedro de Temez, the administrator of the Spanish colony in Panama
between 1579 and 1808

: the Crown of Spain
by 1808

: Joseph Bonaparte, king of Spain

1844: inherited by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (Napoleon III of France), from Joseph Bonaparte, king of Spain

between 1870 and 1873

: purchased by James Hamilton Duke of Abercorn, from Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (Napoleon III of France)

23 January 1969: purchased by Richard Burton, at the sale of the collection of the Hamilton family at Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York City, for $37,000

after 1969

: given to Elizabeth Taylor, by Richard Burton

Necklace redesigned for Elizabeth Taylor, by Cartier, between 1969 and 2005.
between 18 March 2005 and 5 September 2005: lent to Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. by Elizabeth Taylor
13 December 2011: purchased by ?, at the sale of the collection of Elizabeth Taylor, at Christie's, New York City, lot no. 2623/12, for $11,842,500 (as La Peregrina, a natural pearl, diamond, ruby and cultured pearl necklace, by Cartier)

La Peregrina pearl 

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Instance of	pearl
Location of discovery	Gulf of Panama (16th century)
Owned by	Elizabeth Taylor (1969–2011) Richard Burton (1969–1969) unknown value (2011–)
Different from	Mary Tudor pearl La Pelegrina pearl
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