The stunning Elizabeth Taylor jewelry, including the huge diamond that Richard Burton gave her in 1968 and many of their garments and artwork will be exhibited in New York from 3 to 12 December, before being offered at a Christie’s auction held in the same city.
The exhibition will form a selection of 269 pieces that form the collection of Taylor (1932-2011) and can be seen at the headquarters of Christie’s, said the auction house in a statement.
According to the company, New York will be the last and most complete stop for the exhibition, as some of the pieces have already been shown in Moscow, London, Los Angeles and Dubai, and will stop in Geneva, Paris and Hong Kong during the month of November.
Part of the proceeds from the entrance to the exhibition and other related acts will go to “The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation” (ETAF), an organization for the fight against AIDS that the actress, died on March 23, 2011, founded in 1991.
The auction, thanks to which Christie’s expects to raise about 30 billion Dollars (21.5 million Euros), will start in the Big Apple on December 13 with the Elizabeth Taylor jewelry and continue with haute couture, fashion, accessories and Elizabeth Taylor artwork, belonged to the actress.
Among the gems to be offered are valuable pieces of Bulgari, Tiffany, Cartier or Van Cleef & Arpels, but among them is a diamond ring with platinum ring of 33 carats valued at $ 3.5 million (2.5 million Euros).
Another of the most valuable pieces is “The Pilgrim”, a pearl that is part of a necklace decorated with rubies, diamonds and other pearls perfectly symmetrical. “La Peregrina” was discovered in the sixteenth century. The price of the gem output is 2 million Dollars (1.4 million Euros).
In the area of clothing, with items from Chanel, Valentino and Christian Dior, many developed expressly for Taylor’s shone on special occasions, Christie’s said a striking gown of yellow silk that the actress was in 1964 when he married for the first time the actor Richard Burton (1925-1984).
During the auctions held in the spring sales are especially important portraits of the actress, especially those who made the King of “Pop Art” Andy Warhol (1928-1987) who came to almost $ 27 million (19 million Euros), as the title “Liz 5″, from when the artist was 31.