Showing posts with label Elizabeth Taylor jewelry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elizabeth Taylor jewelry. Show all posts

Monday, September 19, 2011

Elizabeth Jewelry up for Auction

Christie will soon auction some of Elizabeth Taylor’s much loved jewels. A fine actress and humanitarian, Taylor had a special corner in her heart for jewelry. She had one of the finest collections of the rarest jewels in the world.

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This December, New York’s designer jewelry brand; Christie will auction 12 fine piece of jewelry from her collection, that are all together estimated to be worth $30 million.

"These are the jewels that Elizabeth Taylor received from the loves of her life, Mike Todd and Richard Burton," said Christie's jewellery expert Rahul Kadakia. "They're from moments in life that were dear to her."

Taylor loved and greatly cherished her jewelry. In her book, ‘My love affair with jewelry’ she wrote "I never, never thought of my jewellery as trophies, I'm here to take care of them and to love them. When I die and they go off to auction I hope whoever buys them gives them a really good home."

Friday, April 24, 2009

Elizabeth Taylor Yellow Color Diamond

Elizabeth Taylor has a well known jewelry collection and known to have a passion for jewelry.She owns many famous gems including the 33.19 carat Krupp diamond and the 69.42-carat pear shaped Taylor-Burton Diamond. Richard Burton also gave her a heart-shaped yellow diamond which was originally a gift from Shah Jahan in 1621 to his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who also inspired the Taj Mahal