This auction catalogue lists the lots which were sold at Galerie Georges Petit from 27-29 November 1911 and then at the Hotel Drouot 4-11 December 1911 which comprised a portion of the treasure of the Turkish Sultanate which the last sultan, Abdul Hamid II, was able to remove after his exile in 1909. Amongst the lots were important natural pearls, diamond and coloured stone parures, head ornaments, corsage brooches and cushion-cut diamonds.