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1. Hearts & Minds

Estimate £8,000–£12,000 Sold £15,950

At Fellows’ first Fine Jewellery sale of the year, a flighty Art Nouveau-style dragonfly brooch caused a buzz among the 500 lots. Made in the early 1900s, the platinum and gold insect has a diamond head with ruby eyes and wings of green plique-à-jour enamel, edged in diamonds and decorated with amethyst teardrops

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