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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALAN JAY AND MICHELINE LERNER
Lot 4019

ERNEST BOREL: 18K GOLD CUFF WRISTWATCH

25 March – 1 April 2025, 17:00 PDT
Online, Los Angeles

Sold for US$1,280 inc. premium

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ERNEST BOREL: 18K GOLD CUFF WRISTWATCH

• 18k yellow gold
• Manual movement
• Signed Ernest Borel with Swiss assay marks, and numbered
• Case measures 23.41 x 10.34 mm, circumference 5 ½ in.
• Estimated gross weight: 19.2 grams

Footnotes

Overall condition, good
Metal stamped and tests 18k
Wear in the form of minor scratches
Wear commensurate with age
Silver dial
Gold hands
Currently ticking but not running smoothly, servicing recommended

This condition report is provided for your convenience based on the opinion of our gemologists. Bonhams is not responsible for any discrepancies between this information and other opinions. The condition of lots can vary widely and the nature of the lots sold means that they are unlikely to be in perfect condition. The dimensions and weights of diamonds and gemstones are approximated using measurements and given as a courtesy, please consider them as an estimation only.

Micheline Muselli Pozzo di Borgo Lerner was as brilliant as she was beautiful. Born into an old aristocratic family on the island of Corsica, she quickly distinguished herself academically, entering law school in Paris at just 18. By 20, she had made history as France's youngest attorney.

During the German occupation, she became a formidable criminal defense lawyer and a quiet force in the French Resistance. Alongside a select group of lawyers and magistrates, she skillfully manipulated Vichy regime laws to save countless lives. Her work was fraught with danger—arrested multiple times, she witnessed her mentor, Maître Joseph Python, captured, tortured, and executed for his Resistance efforts.

In 1957, while on assignment in New York, she met and married celebrated playwright and lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, the three-time Oscar-winning author of My Fair Lady, Gigi, Brigadoon, An American in Paris, and Camelot. Together, they epitomized glamour, living a life as dazzling as the stories he brought to the stage.

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