ELIZABETH TAYLOR JEWELRY AUCTION NETS $116 MILLION

The iconic actress’ legendary pearls and diamonds sold for around $116 million at Christie’s on Tuesday

Revenues «Auction Items Elizabeth Taylor», held by Christie's in New York about $ 116 million,

Jewelry is dedicated to the actress's most expensive jewelry set sold in public auctions worldwide at all.

It is scheduled to take place through a series of auctions this month to sell the rest of the holdings Elizabeth Taylor.

The auction saw fierce competition on Jewelry by Elizabeth Taylor, nicknamed «Hollywood's pampered cat»,

It was sold at prices higher than those estimated in advance sometimes dozens of times. For example, the

Sold 24 pieces out of 80, more than a million dollars each, and sold six pieces of more than five million dollars each.

Jewelry and Elizabeth Taylor recorded seven world records: the price per carat for colorless diamond, and ruby ​​and pearl earrings from natural, and Pearl, Jewellery and Indian, and emerald.

For example, won the Pearl legendary, belonging to the sixteenth century,

About $ 12 million, registering a double-digit world record at auction for the most expensive and most expensive historic Pearl Jewelry pearl.

There is also a diamond of the Taj Mahal (and back to the period between 1627-1628), decorated with a series of gold and rubies,

The design of the house «Cartier», and sold nearly nine million dollars,

Registered a world record for Indian Jewelry, and broken the world record achieved by the necklace back to the era of the Mughal Empire

It sold for $ 5.2 million at Christie's auction in May last year.

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