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Hidden away in a nondescript building in Parsippany, N.J., are four dazzling remnants of the crown jewels of France.

They are safeguarded there by their owner, Tiffany & Company. The jewelry emporium bought the diamond-filled works of art through an improbable chain of events, beginning with a grand public auction by the French state 137 years ago.

Tiffany, in turn, was bought in 2021 by the luxury powerhouse LVMH. That means that jewels created for French royalty now belong to Bernard Arnault, who is the LVMH chairman, the richest man in France and the king of more than 75 brands.

The jewels are not publicly displayed and have never been lent to a museum. But in an exceptional gesture, Tiffany invited The New York Times for a viewing, transporting the jewels in secret from the northern New Jersey facility where it stores thousands of its treasures to the private clubhouse reserved for wealthy clients on the top floor of its Fifth Avenue store.

“They are a big part of our legacy,” Victoria Reynolds, Tiffany’s chief gemologist, said as she caressed the gems laid out on a display table. “We show them only on very special occasions.”

The story of the auction of most of France’s crown jewels is bizarre and out of character for the country, given its passion for preserving its “patrimoine” — its cultural heritage. It is not highlighted in tours in the Louvre Museum’s Apollo Gallery, which showcases most of the jewels that remain in France.

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