brooch

Buddy, though anguished by Odd’s arrival, warms to the idea when he spies Odd stealing Sook’s cameo brooch.

Clients of Grant, Ronson, Greene & Associates escape their marriage shackles with a hoard of treasure — there’s an entire subplot pinned to bidding on a brooch in a Christie’s auction, in fact.

Among the eight items stolen were diadems, necklaces, ear-rings and brooches adorned with thousands of diamonds and other precious gemstones.

But look past this headline heist and you’ll find an everyday criminal reality — namely, that necklaces, brooches, bracelets and the like are stolen from homes and jewelry stores all the time.

Among the stolen pieces was a large, diamond-encrusted bow brooch that belonged to the same empress.