This post first appeared as “Liz Taylor’s Jewels Fetch $116 Million” on The Shmooze blog at the Forward.
It is no secret that Elizabeth Taylor loved jewelry. The fact that her signature fragrance was called White Diamonds was a big hint, as was the fact that she always appeared in public laden with baubles and bangles (the real kind).
So, it may not come as a shock that the auction of Elizabeth Taylor’s jewels netted a cool $116 million, some of which will benefit the late screen legend’s Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation. The final tally was, however, a surprise for Christie’s, which thought the jewelry would bring in only $20 million.
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Tags: Christie's, Elizabeth Taylor, Jewelry auctions, Michael Jackson, Richard Burton, White Diamonds
