Diamonds, Rubies, & Pearls...Oh My

The iconic Dame Elizabeth Rosemond "Liz" Taylor was a British-American actress with exquisite taste. Her excellent fashion sense and stylish lifestyle is made evident in her collection of glamorous jewelry pieces crafted by leading jewelers such as: Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier, Chopard, Gerald, JAR, Ruser, Schlumberger, Tiffany, Van Cleef & Arpels, and David Webb. Months after her death - March 23, 2011 - her admirable jewelery collection is being showcased and sold. 
 

"Christie’s has released a handful of details about its greatly anticipated sale of Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry.The Liz-a-palooza starts September 15 in Moscow, where the auction house will kick off a three-month touring exhibit of the jewelry. The auction itself kicks off in New York at an evening sale of 80 pieces on December 13, with additional sales to follow. In total, the sale will consist of 269 expected to bring in $30 million.

'From her most jaw-dropping diamonds, gems, and one-of-a-kind historic jewels, to cherished ‘It’s Tuesday, I love you gifts’, and never-before-seen keepsakes, Elizabeth Taylor’s magnificent collection of jewels promises to captivate the auction world this fall,' said Marc Porter, Chairman and President of Christie’s Americas." (Duray, September 7, 2011)

Here are few jewelry pieces 

- along with a few images of the actress -

that will be available for purchase 

at Christie's Auction

If you would love to see more of her jewelry click here to buy her book My Love Affair With Jewelry; it photographically outlines her collection of diamonds, emeralds, rubies, pearls, amethysts, semiprecious stones, gold, ivory, etc