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• The Louvre Museum Jewels Are What France Didn't Sell

  Published: 15 Apr, 2026

  • 10 min read

  The Louvre museum jewels are what's left of a collection that used to run France. In 1887 the Third Republic sold most of it at auction. Here's what survived, and why.