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Elizabeth Taylor’s Beautiful Brooch: Now Back at Tiffany’s

Feb 21, 2012 @ 3:00 pm

Elizabeth Taylor once owned a sculptural sapphire, diamond, platinum and gold Fleur de Mer brooch by Tiffany & Co. designer Jean Schlumberger, a piece the jewelry house bought back during the epic auction of Taylor’s estate in December. Now returned to Tiffany’s hands, the jeweler did something special for its first public presentation by entrusting celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe to show the brooch in her newly-unveiled window displays celebrating red carpet glamour at the Tiffany New York flagship. It’s quite fitting that the stylist extraordinaire should be the first to present the piece. Taylor herself loved styling the jewel, a 1965 gift from her husband Richard Burton. See just how Taylor did it by clicking through the gallery.

— Marion Fasel

Elizabeth Taylor Jewelry Auction: The One-Week Wrap-Up

Dec 20, 2011 @ 5:00 pm

The video above screened one week ago at the beginning of the Elizabeth Taylor’s Legendary Jewels auction at Christie’s. Skip forward to 2:32 when the actress does some over-the-phone pool-side bidding at the 1987 auction of Duchess of Windsor’s jewelry. “Darling, it sounds like things that are really desirable are going to go for ten times what expected, right?” she asks. Taylor’s own words were the perfect way to start the series of sales where items went for 10, 20 or 50 times the estimates. Now that the legendary sale wrapped up, we pulled together all of the over-the-top figures that made this the most successful jewelry auction of all time—read them below.  More

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121411-kim-kardashian-liz-taylor-bracelets-340.jpgEverett Collection; RexUSA; Courtesy of Christie's

Kim Kardashian Scores a Piece of Elizabeth Taylor History!

Dec 14, 2011 @ 5:34 pm

With record setting bids coming in from Elizabeth Taylor’s Christie’s auction, even celebrities are getting in on the action! This afternoon Kim Kardashian took home a set of Lorraine Schwartz bangles for $64,900.  The reality star, who conducted the last interview with Elizabeth Taylor in a special report for Harper’s Bazaar, is also close with the jewelry designer. “I never thought I could own a piece of Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry,” says Kardashian.  ”I was so thrilled to win these bangles because they were hers, designed by my good friend Lorraine Schwartz and they are jade.”  The legend about jade says it carries the energy of the wearer. “It’s not just a piece of jewelry,” says Kardashian.  ”She wore them constantly during the final years of her life and I believe they carry her spirit.” Click through the gallery below to see what other big tickets items sold at auction!

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—Marion Fasel

121411-elizabeth-taylor-jewelry-lead-340.jpgEverett Collection; Courtesy of Christie's

Elizabeth Taylor Jewelry: Sold!

Dec 14, 2011 @ 2:22 pm

All the world record prices set for jewelry at the Christie’s evening sale of Elizabeth Taylor’s collection were gifts from Richard Burton. The historic Peregrina Pearl suspended from a Cartier necklace set a record for the highest price paid for a pearl. It was also the most expensive piece in the auction at $11,842,500. The Van Cleef & Arpels 8.62-carat ruby ring set a record of price per carat for a ruby. The astounding total was $512,925 per carat adding up to $4,226,500. The $6,578,500 price paid for the Bulgari emerald and diamond brooch set a world record for an emerald jewel sold at auction. The total for the evening sale alone of $115,932,000 shattered the previous record for a private collection of jewels sold at auction held since 1987 by Duchess of Windsor’s $50,281,887 sale. And the total is climbing with almost 200 lots of jewelry being sold at Christie’s auction house today and over 600 pieces online in a sale ending on December 17th.

—Marion Fasel

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Elizabeth Taylor’s Jewelry To Be Sold At Christie’s!

Dec 12, 2011 @ 10:45 am

“My mother says I didn’t open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw was an engagement ring and I was hooked,” explained Elizabeth Taylor to a journalist who asked about her love of jewelry.  Although she might have been joking, there is a lot of truth in her humor.  Taylor’s collection is a sparkling scrapbook of her life from chock-full 1950s gold charm bracelets to a Loree Rodkin sapphire set she received from Elton John on her eightieth birthday.  The most stunning pieces were gifts from her true love Richard Burton.  Here we take a look at some of the best and the brightest jewels in the collection to be sold at Christie’s in New York on December 13 and 14.

— Marion Fasel

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Elizabeth TaylorEverett Collection; Courtesy of Christie's (2)

Elizabeth Taylor’s Jewelry: 25 Amazing Pieces from the Online Auction!

Dec 2, 2011 @ 3:30 pm

While Elizabeth Taylor’s legendary jewelry collection included many multi-million dollar designs, the actress also amassed all kinds of gorgeous pieces for far less than seven figures—and many of them are going up for auction online starting tomorrow. From December 3rd through December 17th, christies.com will put 621 jewels from her estate up for bidding online without a reserve—which means no starting price point, making them potentially within reach for Taylor fans on almost any budget. The online sale includes pieces from big designers names CartierTiffany, Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari, as well as some of the best designers working today, Stephen Webster, Loree Rodkin, Stephen Dweck and Me & Ro. Many of these designer items are not fully described in the sale materials, though we have confirmed the identity of designers and added several of the background stories here. See our 25 favorite pieces in the gallery now.

— Marion Fasel

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Auction Alert: Princess Diana and Amy Winehouse Dresses Bring in Big Bucks

Nov 30, 2011 @ 3:10 pm

Going, going, gone! Memorable dresses are raking in big bucks at recent auctions. First, Princess Diana’s second wedding dress and shoes (her emergency copy) sold for $132,500 this week, the Telegraph reports. At the same auction, the polka-dot chiffon frock Amy Winehouse wore on the cover of the Back to Black, fetched more than $67,120 by Musea de la Moda—a fashion museum in Santiago, Chile. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Amy Winehouse Foundation, a charity set up in the singer’s memory to help young people. But is this just a warm up? The bidding for Elizabeth Taylors collection of clothing and jewelry at Christie’swhich will include more than 300 itemsstarts online this Saturday.

See Elizabeth Taylor’s most memorable jewelry in the gallery!

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11/11/11: The Most Memorable Style Moments of the Year

Nov 8, 2011 @ 4:25 pm
Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce, Emma Watson, Elizabeth TaylorGetty Images (3); Everett

The first 11 months of 2011 have been full of major style—and to celebrate the upcoming 11/11/11, we’ve rounded up our top 11 moments. Beyonce‘s baby bump reveal, Jennifer Lopez‘s sequin-filled comeback, Emma Watson‘s final Harry Potter tour, and Elizabeth Taylor‘s tribute are among our favorites. See the full list in the gallery!

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Caitlin Petreycik