Oscar frocks - & Alexander

wmp · Post by **wmp** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:45 am

I fear this will be regarded as a frivolous post - & I have no excuse, other than it is Friday...

I noticed a line in a Telegraph on-line article -

"Kate Winslet, nominated for best actress, chose an elegant, pale green chiffon gown by Valentino, which featured a trailing scarf panel trailing down the back from its single shoulder strap. She was carrying an extraordinary Bulgari vintage clutch bag decorated with three ancient Alexander the Great coins, dating from 336 - 323 BC." (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main ... cars26.xml)

So is Kate an Alexander fan? Or was the bag just so cute she had to carry it at the Oscars? And how did Bvlgari fix the coins to the bag? (

) Mind you, since the Bulgaris are descended from a family of Epiriote silversmiths, I'm less concerned that I might be - can't imagine them drilling holes in antiquities...

wmp

keroro · Post by **keroro** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:34 am

A frivolous reply.

Maybe they're held on with superglue. Imagine the fallout if they fell off and went down a drain though.

Now seriously - they weren't real Alexander coins were they? Surely we're talking about replicas here.

Paralus · Post by **Paralus** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:38 am

keroro wrote:Now seriously - they weren't real Alexander coins were they? Surely we're talking about replicas here.

Plastic - almost certainly. Bit like the rest of the "ceremony".

amyntoros · Post by **amyntoros** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:33 pm

Paralus wrote:Plastic - almost certainly. Bit like the rest of the "ceremony".

Nah, think you are wrong - about the coins that is (I haven't watched the program for a decade, at least). Bulgari was and is an expensive name brand, more so in earlier years. Vintage Bulgari jewelry is quite popular among actresses these days and you’ll see them wearing necklaces, etc. with cabochon emeralds, turquoise, amethyst and diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and rubies. A vintage bag would not have been mass produced, and three Alexander the Great coins are not at all expensive when compared with precious stones.

Best regards,

marcus · Post by **marcus** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 4:54 pm

amyntoros wrote:three Alexander the Great coins are not at all expensive when compared with precious stones.

Good condition "Alexander" tetradrachms (not lifetime issues) were in Coincraft, by the British Museum, last Saturday, at between £195 and £395. Poorer conditions ones (and drachms) appear to be (at the moment) anything from £60. But the prices do fluctuate - I have to say, however, that the ones in Coincraft were in fabulous condition.

ATB