Born from a 1940s collaboration between Van Cleef & Arpels and designer John Rubel, the ballerina jewels captured grace and optimism at the height of wartime uncertainty, each figure conceived as its own tiny character in motion. This John Rubel ballerina brooch didn't just enchant bidders it sent the room into a bidding frenzy, selling for $270,000 against a high estimate of just $30,000. Rubel Frères closed its doors in 1950, making surviving examples like this one increasingly rare — small in scale, but full of personality. Still haven’t subscribed to Sotheby’s on YouTube? ►►https://www.youtube.com/sothebys/

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