Elizabeth Taylor jewellery ready for auction in NY

 
A selection of iconic jewellery belonging to late Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor went on  display in Geneva on Friday ahead of its auction in New York by Christie's on December 13th.

Among the pieces were a diamond tiara gifted to her by one of her seven ex-husbands, the producer Mike Todd, a diamond and platinum bracelet from her friend Michael Jackson and several necklace and earing sets decked with emeralds, diamonds, sapphires and rubies.
The most spectacular piece, a gift from Richard Burton, who Taylor married twice, is the "Peregrina", a 16th century pearl worn by a succession of Spanish and Austrian queens which Burton bought for $37,000 at an auction in 1969 and became the centrepiece of a pearl, diamond and ruby necklace.

Taylor's Peregrina is expected to fetch between $2-3 million.

 The jewellery is being sold at the request of Taylor's family and will be followed the next day by an auction of 269 other items.The total value of the sale could reach $30 million, Christie's said.A percentage of the money raised will go to charity, notably the Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation.

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