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A member of the media views a portrait of Marie-Antoinette at the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, Thursday March 13, 2008. Highlights of "Marie Antoinette," which opens Saturday March 15 at the Grand Palais, include the tragic queen's childhood sketches; the glamorous furniture and porcelain that she commissioned; her official portraits en famille; and revolutionary pamphlets portraying her as a sex-crazed monster. Visible in background is a portrait of Marie Antoinette by Franz Xaver Wagenschon. From AP Photo by REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE.
5 months ago: A member of the media views a portrait of Marie-Antoinette at the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, Thursday March 13, 2008. Highlights of "Marie Antoinette," which opens Saturday March 15 at the Grand Palais, include the tragic queen's childhood sketches; the glamorous furniture and porcelain that she commissioned; her official portraits en famille; and revolutionary pamphlets portraying her as a sex-crazed monster. Visible in background is a portrait of Marie Antoinette by Franz Xaver Wagenschon.

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  • A replica of a dress worn by Marie Antoinette in the 18th century is exhibited at a gallery in Tokyo Friday, May 9, 2008. Noriko Unayama, shown in the photo, assistant manager of Maison des Musees de France, a gallery run by Japan's major printing company Dai Nippon Printing Co., said the dress is sewn with various types of printed papers to match closely to the original fabrics after studying her dresses drawn in paintings by using the company's latest printing technologies. From AP Photo by Itsuo Inouye.
  • The co-founder and chairman of Swatch Group Nicolas Hayek shows Breguet's famous watch, "Marie-Antoinette," during the Baselworld trade fair 2008, the leading event for the watch and jewellery industry, in Basel on April 4, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • The co-founder and chairman of Swatch Group Nicolas Hayek gives a press conference with the team who made the replica of Breguet's famous watch, "Marie-Antoinette," during the Baselworld trade fair 2008, the leading event for the watch and jewellery industry, in Basel on April 4, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • The co-founder and chairman of Swatch Group Nicolas Hayek shows Breguet's famous watch, "Marie-Antoinette," during the Baselworld trade fair 2008, the leading event for the watch and jewellery industry, in Basel on April 4, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • The co-founder and chairman of Swatch Group Nicolas Hayek shows Breguet's famous watch, "Marie-Antoinette," during the Baselworld trade fair 2008, the leading event for the watch and jewellery industry, in Basel on April 4, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Busts and portraits of Marie Antoinette are displayed at the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, Thursday March 13, 2008. Highlights of "Marie Antoinette," which opens Saturday March 15 at the Grand Palais, include the tragic queen's childhood sketches; the glamorous furniture and porcelain that she commissioned; her official portraits en famille; and revolutionary pamphlets portraying her as a sex-crazed monster. From AP Photo by REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE.
  • Members of the media view a painting of "Emperor Joseph II (of Austria) with Mars statue" as they visit the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, Thursday March 13, 2008. Highlights of "Marie Antoinette," which opens Saturday March 15 at the Grand Palais, include the tragic queen's childhood sketches; the glamorous furniture and porcelain that she commissioned; her official portraits en famille; and revolutionary pamphlets portraying her as a sex-crazed monster. From AP Photo by REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE.
  • Members of the media visit the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, Thursday March 13, 2008. Highlights of "Marie Antoinette," which opens Saturday March 15 at the Grand Palais, include the tragic queen's childhood sketches; the glamorous furniture and porcelain that she commissioned; her official portraits en famille; and revolutionary pamphlets portraying her as a sex-crazed monster. From AP Photo by REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE.
  • Members of the media visit the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, Thursday March 13, 2008. Highlights of "Marie Antoinette," which opens Saturday March 15 at the Grand Palais, include the tragic queen's childhood sketches; the glamorous furniture and porcelain that she commissioned; her official portraits en famille; and revolutionary pamphlets portraying her as a sex-crazed monster. From AP Photo by REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE.
  • Members of the media portrait of Marie-Antoinette at the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, Thursday March 13, 2008. Highlights of "Marie Antoinette," which opens Saturday March 15 at the Grand Palais, include the tragic queen's childhood sketches; the glamorous furniture and porcelain that she commissioned; her official portraits en famille; and revolutionary pamphlets portraying her as a sex-crazed monster. Visible in background is a portrait of Marie Antoinette by French artist Joseph Boze. From AP Photo by REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE.
  • A member of the media views a portrait of Marie-Antoinette at the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, Thursday March 13, 2008. Highlights of "Marie Antoinette," which opens Saturday March 15 at the Grand Palais, include the tragic queen's childhood sketches; the glamorous furniture and porcelain that she commissioned; her official portraits en famille; and revolutionary pamphlets portraying her as a sex-crazed monster. Visible in background is a portrait of Marie Antoinette by Franz Xaver Wagenschon. From AP Photo by REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE.
  • A member of the media views a portrait of Marie-Antoinette by French artist Joseph Ducreux as he visits the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Grand Palais museum in Paris, Thursday March 13, 2008. Highlights of "Marie Antoinette," which opens Saturday March 15 at the Grand Palais, include the tragic queen's childhood sketches; the glamorous furniture and porcelain that she commissioned; her official portraits en famille; and revolutionary pamphlets portraying her as a sex-crazed monster. From AP Photo by REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE.
  • Members of the media visit the Marie Antoinette exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, Thursday March 13, 2008. Highlights of "Marie Antoinette," which opens Saturday March 15 at the Grand Palais, include the tragic queen's childhood sketches; the glamorous furniture and porcelain that she commissioned; her official portraits en famille; and revolutionary pamphlets portraying her as a sex-crazed monster. From AP Photo by REMY DE LA MAUVINIERE.
  • Volunteer Marie Antoinette Verviale, left, guides Michel Dietrich to touch a replica of a Louis XIV sculpture as part of an exhibition for blind and visually-impaired people at Louvre Museum in Paris, Monday Feb. 18, 2008. The Louvre's Tactile Gallery is the only space in the Paris museum where visitors can touch the sculptures, with no guards or alarms to stop them. Its new exhibit there, targeted to the blind and children. From AP Photo by FRANCOIS MORI.
  • A picture taken 03 December 2007 shows a Christie's auction house employee modelling a pearl, diamond and ruby necklace entitled 'The Property of a Nobleman' in London. The necklace made up of pearls once owned by Marie Antoinette includes 21 graduated drop-shaped grey natural pearls, each suspended from an old-cut diamond collet surmount to the diamond ribbon which intertwines the ruby collar. The necklace has never been offered for sale before and the pearls have been in the same family for over 200 years. The necklace is estimated to fetch �350 000 - �400 000. (approx 500 000 - 572 000 euros/708 000 - 809 000 USD) at auction in London, 12 December 2007. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A file picture taken 27 September 2007 shows Christie's auction house employee Linda Pyke modelling a pearl, diamond and ruby necklace entitled 'The Property of a Nobleman' in London. The necklace made up of pearls once owned by Marie Antoinette includes 21 graduated drop-shaped grey natural pearls, each suspended from an old-cut diamond collet surmount to the diamond ribbon which intertwines the ruby collar. The necklace has never been offered for sale before and the pearls have been in the same family for over 200 years. The necklace is estimated to fetch �350 000 - �400 000. (approx 500 000 - 572 000 euros/708 000 - 809 000 USD) at auction in London, 12 December 2007. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A file picture taken 27 September 2007 shows Christie's auction house employee Linda Pyke modelling a pearl, diamond and ruby necklace entitled 'The Property of a Nobleman' in London. The necklace made up of pearls once owned by Marie Antoinette includes 21 graduated drop-shaped grey natural pearls, each suspended from an old-cut diamond collet surmount to the diamond ribbon which intertwines the ruby collar. The necklace has never been offered for sale before and the pearls have been in the same family for over 200 years. The necklace is estimated to fetch �350 000 - �400 000. (approx 500 000 - 572 000 euros/708 000 - 809 000 USD) at auction in London, 12 December 2007. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A file picture taken 27 September 2007 shows Christie's auction house employee Linda Pyke modelling a pearl, diamond and ruby necklace entitled 'The Property of a Nobleman' in London. The necklace made up of pearls once owned by Marie Antoinette includes 21 graduated drop-shaped grey natural pearls, each suspended from an old-cut diamond collet surmount to the diamond ribbon which intertwines the ruby collar. The necklace has never been offered for sale before and the pearls have been in the same family for over 200 years. The necklace is estimated to fetch �350 000 - �400 000. (approx 500 000 - 572 000 euros/708 000 - 809 000 USD) at auction in London, 12 December 2007. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • An auction house worker wears Marie Antoinette's pearls, a natural pearl, diamond and ruby necklace during a presentation for the upcoming auction in central London, Monday Dec. 3, 2007. The necklace is estimated to fetch 350,000-400,000 pounds ($US 720,000- 820,000). From AP Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis.
  • An auction house worker wears Marie Antoinette's pearls, a natural pearl, diamond and ruby necklace during a presentation for the upcoming auction in central London, Monday Dec. 3, 2007. The necklace is estimated to fetch some 350,000-400,000 pounds ($US 720,000- 820,000). From AP Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis.
  • An auction house worker wears Marie Antoinette's pearls, a natural pearl, diamond and ruby necklace during a presentation for the upcoming auction in central London,in this Dec. 3, 2007, file photo. The pearls purportedly belonging to Marie Antoinette failed to sell Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, a disappointing fate for the centerpiece of the Christie's auction house's "Magnificent Jewels" sale. From AP Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis.
  • An auction house worker wears Marie Antoinette's pearls, a natural pearl, diamond and ruby necklace during a presentation for the upcoming auction in central London, Monday Dec. 3, 2007. The necklace is estimated to fetch 350,000-400,000 pounds ($US 720,000- 820,000). From AP Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis.
  • A necklace made of diamonds and pearls which belonged to Marie Antoinette is put on display in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. The necklace, valued at US$724,000-827,000, will be offered at a London auction house next month. From AP Photo by Lo Sai Hung.
  • A necklace made of diamonds and pearls which belonged to Marie Antoinette is put on display in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. The necklace, valued at US$724,000-827,000, will be offered at a London auction house next month. From AP Photo by Lo Sai Hung.
  • A necklace made of diamonds and pearls which belonged to Marie Antoinette is put on display in Hong Kong Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2007. The necklace, valued at US$724,000-827,000, will be offered at a London auction house next month. From AP Photo by Lo Sai Hung.
  • Franck DuBoeuf, left, of Les Vins George DuBoeuf, presents the 25th anniversary 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau as a model dressed as Marie Antoinette looks on, in New York, Thursday Nov. 15, 2007. Beaujolais Nouveau is the first wine of the harvest always released on the third Thursday of November. From AP Photo by RICHARD DREW.
  • Franck DuBoeuf, left, of Les Vins George DuBoeuf, tastes the 25th anniversary 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau as a model dressed as Marie Antoinette looks on, in New York, Thursday Nov. 15, 2007. Beaujolais Nouveau is the first wine of the harvest always released on the third Thursday of November. From AP Photo by RICHARD DREW.
  • Franck DuBoeuf, second left, of Les Vins George DuBoeuf, pours the 25th anniversary 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau for members of Le Maitre des Compagnons du Beaujolais as a model dressed as Marie Antoinette looks on, in New York, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007. Beaujolais Nouveau is the first wine of the harvest always released on the third Thursday of November. From AP Photo by RICHARD DREW.
  • A woman holds up a pocket watch made for France's Marie Antoinette at Jerusalem's L.A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art November 11, 2007. This museum has recovered dozens of rare European antique clocks stolen more than two decades ago, including this sophisticated pocket-watch made in the late 18th century for Marie Antoinette. Picture taken November 11, 2007. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A woman holds up a pocket watch made for France's Marie Antoinette at Jerusalem's L.A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art November 11, 2007. This museum has recovered dozens of rare European antique clocks stolen more than two decades ago, including this sophisticated pocket-watch made in the late 18th century for Marie Antoinette. Picture taken November 11, 2007. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • A woman holds up a pocket watch made for France's Marie Antoinette at Jerusalem's L.A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art November 11, 2007. This museum has recovered dozens of rare European antique clocks stolen more than two decades ago, including this sophisticated pocket-watch made in the late 18th century for Marie Antoinette. Picture taken November 11, 2007. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 12: A museum employee displays the recently recovered gold and rock-crystal pocket watch made for the French queen Marie Antoinette, at the L. A. Meyer Museum of Islamic Art on November 12, 2007 in Jerusalem, Israel. The pocket watch, made by the 18th century French watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet, was among a priceless collection of 40 rare clocks recovered recently by the museum after they were stolen nearly 25 years ago. Marie Antoinette was best remembered for her legendary excesses during her lifetime, and for her death when she was executed by guillotine at the height of the French Revolution in 1793. From Getty Images.
  • JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 12: A museum employee displays the recently recovered gold and rock-crystal pocket watch made for the French queen Marie Antoinette, at the L. A. Meyer Museum of Islamic Art on November 12, 2007 in Jerusalem, Israel. The pocket watch, made by the 18th century French watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet, was among a priceless collection of 40 rare clocks recovered recently by the museum after they were stolen nearly 25 years ago. Marie Antoinette was best remembered for her legendary excesses during her lifetime, and for her death when she was executed by guillotine at the height of the French Revolution in 1793. From Getty Images.
  • An Israeli museum employee holds the recently recovered gold and rock-crystal pocket watch made for the late French queen Marie-Antoinette at the museum of Islamic art in Jerusalem, 11 November 2007. Marie-Antoinette's pocket watch, made by the French watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet, was among a priceless collection of 40 rare clocks recovered by the museum after they were stolen nearly 25 years ago, the Haaretz newspaper reported today. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • An Israeli museum employee holds the recently recovered gold and rock-crystal pocket watch made for the late French queen Marie-Antoinette at the museum of Islamic art in Jerusalem, 11 November 2007. Marie-Antoinette's pocket watch, made by the French watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet, was among a priceless collection of 40 rare clocks recovered by the museum after they were stolen nearly 25 years ago, the Haaretz newspaper reported today. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • An Israeli museum employee holds the recently recovered gold and rock-crystal pocket watch made for the late French queen Marie-Antoinette at the museum of Islamic art in Jerusalem, 11 November 2007. Marie-Antoinette's pocket watch, made by the French watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet, was among a priceless collection of 40 rare clocks recovered by the museum after they were stolen nearly 25 years ago, the Haaretz newspaper reported today. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A necklace, made of pearls that belonged to Marie Antoinette, is seen in this undated handout photograph. A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are expected to fetch up to $800,000. Now part of a diamond, ruby and pearl necklace, France's last queen gave a bag of pearls and diamonds to Lady Sutherland, the British ambassador's wife, before she fled revolutionary France in 1792, a year before Marie Antoinette's death. REUTERS/Christie's Images LTD 2007/Handout (BRITAIN). EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Christie's employee Linda Pyke, is reflected in a mirror as she models a necklace, made of pearls belonging to Marie Antoinette, at Christie's Auction House in London September 27, 2007. A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are expected to fetch up to $800,000. Now part of a diamond, ruby and pearl necklace, France's last queen gave a bag of pearls and diamonds to Lady Sutherland, the British ambassador's wife, before she fled revolutionary France in 1792, a year before Marie Antoinette's death. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Christie's employee Linda Pyke models a necklace, made of pearls that belonged to Marie Antoinette, at Christie's Auction House in London September 27, 2007. A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are expected to fetch up to $800,000. Now part of a diamond, ruby and pearl necklace, France's last queen gave a bag of pearls and diamonds to Lady Sutherland, the British ambassador's wife, before she fled revolutionary France in 1792, a year before Marie Antoinette's death. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Christie's employee Linda Pyke is dressed with a necklace, made of pearls belonging to Marie Antoinette, at Christie's Auction House in London September 27, 2007. A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are expected to fetch up to $800,000. Now part of a diamond, ruby and pearl necklace, France's last queen gave a bag of pearls and diamonds to Lady Sutherland, the British ambassador's wife, before she fled revolutionary France in 1792, a year before Marie Antoinette's death. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Christie's employee Linda Pyke is dressed with a necklace, made of pearls belonging to Marie Antoinette, at Christie's Auction House in London September 27, 2007. A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are expected to fetch up to $800,000. Now part of a diamond, ruby and pearl necklace, France's last queen gave a bag of pearls and diamonds to Lady Sutherland, the British ambassador's wife, before she fled revolutionary France in 1792, a year before Marie Antoinette's death. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.
  • Christie's employee Linda Pyke, is reflected in a mirror as she models a necklace, made of pearls belonging to Marie Antoinette, at Christie's Auction House in London September 27, 2007. A set of pearls once belonging to Marie Antoinette and taken to Britain by a friend for safekeeping will go on sale in December, and are expected to fetch up to $800,000. Now part of a diamond, ruby and pearl necklace, France's last queen gave a bag of pearls and diamonds to Lady Sutherland, the British ambassador's wife, before she fled revolutionary France in 1792, a year before Marie Antoinette's death. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

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