Greek gold, wreathed in $275,000 splendour

ROUND UP: The pick of three lots of classic jewellery at Sotheby’s latest antiquities sale in New York from the collection built by Jan Mitchell was this 4th century BC Greek gold wreath of two olive branches bound with shoots of ribbed leaves and berries.

Measuring 9½in (24cm), it took a five-times-estimate $275,000 (£185,810). It is similar to a wreath …

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