Gladys Vanderbilt’s Jewels Will Hit the Auction Block in Geneva

Say “Vanderbilt,” and a certain image of the magnificence of a great American dynasty immediately springs to mind. The Vanderbilt family has, over several generations, been viewed as the pinnacle of the American upper class. Patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt came from a simple Dutch peasant family, rising to wealth and power after building one of the greatest empires of the 19th century. The very media-savvy Gloria Vanderbilt, who died in 2019, followed in his footsteps, known as much for…