Top 10 | Most Beautiful and Expensive Jewelry Collections from Elizabeth Taylor

[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] with striking beauty and undeniable talent Elizabeth Taylor captivated audiences as a precocious child actor and unforgettable leading lady she played legendary female characters who embodied strength integrity and unapologetic femininity her career which spans six decades earned her five Oscar nominations and two Best Actress wins along with her singular talent Elizabeth was a savvy businesswoman her instinctive sense of her own worth letter to negotiate the first $1,000,000 contract for an actor for her role in Cleopatra in 1963 which was completely unheard of she was also the first celebrity to launch a hit fragrance brand and became the first female social entrepreneur throughout her life Elizabeth possessed an abiding will to survive in the face of personal tragedy and an extraordinary capacity for love she was married eight times to seven men and her greatest joy in life was her family of four children ten grandchildren and four great-grandchildren in 2011 Elizabeth died in Los Angeles at the age of 79 Elizabeth Taylor remains one of the world's most iconic women renowned for her independent spirit enduring strength and unwavering compassion she has captured the hearts of millions and in today's video we are going to look at some of her famous jewelry that made the front page in all newspapers when it was auctioned by Christie's way back in 2011 the initial estimated price of all her jewelry was 35 million dollars and to the surprise of the many the final revenue of the sale was 165 million dollars so let's begin 10th on our list is the Prince of Wales brooch Prince Edward gave Wallace the Prince of Wales brooch in 1935 and it is an important piece of jewelry which bears special meaning since is the symbol of his royal status as the Prince of Wales the heir to the throne of England and demonstrates his commitment to her and his intention to make Wallace his future Queen the brooch was specially commissioned by Prince Edward and features three pave-set diamonds others accented with baguette cut diamonds which are gathered together by a crown the piece is set in platinum and 18k gold after the death of the Duchess the Prince of Wales brooch was purchased by Elizabeth Taylor at the Safa bees auction for a price of over six hundred twenty three thousand dollars Elizabeth and Richard Burton had been friends with the Duke and Duchess and she often admired the brooch during her visits when the brooch went on the auction block Elizabeth intended to bid on the item for sentimental reasons since Richard Burton was born in Wales it is said that the brooch is the first piece of significant jewelry that she had ever bought for herself ultimately upon the death of Elizabeth in 2011 the Prince of Wales brooch was once again sold at Christie's auction of Taylor's jewelry collection for 1 million three hundred fourteen thousand five hundred dollars [Music] next on our list is the Burton cognacs diamonds in 1974 Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor a con yack diamond ring and earrings by van cleef and arpel for their 10th wedding anniversary the ring is set with a modified pear-shaped fancy deep brownish orangey yellow diamond weighing approximately 32 point one four carats within a circular cut diamonds around the shoulders decorated with circular cut diamonds mounted in gold topped platinum and it was sold for a whopping price of two million three hundred twenty two thousand five hundred dollars while the earrings each suspending a detachable modified pear-shaped fancy deep brown yellow diamond weighing approximately seven point eight seven and 6.83 carats within a circular and baguette cut diamond frame to the circular and baguette cut diamond shield shaped surmount mounted in gold and was sold for nine hundred sixty two thousand five hundred dollars Elizabeth Taylor wore the brown diamond set that year to the Oscars [Music] viii on our list is the yellow diamond collection a gift from Eddie Fisher for Elizabeth's 30th birthday in 1962 the first one is the blueberry colored and white diamond flower brooch mounted and Tremblant designed as three variously shaped diamond flower blossoms set with a circular cut fancy vivid yellow diamond pistol weighing approximately three point three eight carats and two smaller circular cut yellow and brown diamond pistols enhanced by numerous circular cut brown diamonds with circular and baguette cut diamond leaves and stems mounted and platinum which was sold for 1 million $142,500 the second one is this beautiful ring set with a marquise cut fancy vivid yellow diamond weighing approximately 2.6 to carats within a pear-shaped marquise cut in circular cut diamond surround mounted in platinum and was sold for nine hundred sixty two thousand five hundred dollars and the third one is this pair of magnificent earrings each suspending a detachable modified pear-shaped fancy yellow diamond weighing approximately fifteen point six oh and fifteen point three eight carats to the circular cut marquise cut in pear-shaped diamond cluster surmount mounted and platinum and was sold for 1 million six hundred fifty thousand five hundred dollars number seven the Taylor Burton diamond and its keeper the larger-than-life Elizabeth Taylor while nearly all of her jewelry was well publicized in momentous arguably her most famous piece was the historic Taylor Burton diamond the rough stone was found in South Africa at a staggering 241 carats and was cut into a pear shape at 69 point four two carats by Harry Winston its first owner was Harriet Annenberg Ames the woman about town found the diamond to be cumbersome and she was scared to walk around New York with such a large and extravagant piece of jewelry visible rather than let it gather dust Ames chose to auction off the diamond in 1969 a heated bidding war ensued with Aristotle Onassis Harry Winston Cartier and Richard Burton buying for the diamond robert kenmore then the owner of Cartier won without a price of 1 million 50 thousand dollars at the time a staggering price that was declared the first million dollar Diamond Cartier coined the diamond the Cartier diamond and intrigue stemmed from there shortly thereafter Cartier heard from a disgruntled under bidder at the auction one Richard Burton negotiating from a payphone at a hotel in England Burton his lawyer and Cartier Zoners worked out a deal for Burton to own the diamond for 1.1 million dollars Burton was supposedly overheard telling his lawyer I don't care how much it is go and buy it and return for the ownership transfer Burton would allow Cartier to display the diamond in Chicago in New York these exhibits attracted over six thousand people a day to view the storied stone a display of excess which the New York Times looked down upon three armed guards two of which were decoys to throw off potential thieves flew with the diamond from New York to Italy due to its gargantuan size Taylor commissioned Cartier to turn the ring into a more wearable necklace Taylor debuted the glittering stone at princess Grace's 40th birthday party following her divorce from Burton in 1978 Taylor put the diamond up for sale and allocated the five million dollars in proceeds towards building a hospital in botswana number six the 40th birthday gift from Richard Burton a sapphire and diamond pieces of jewelry from her favorite jewelry maker blueberry the first one is the sapphire and diamond so tois suspending a detachable pave-set diamond dick tagging ined set with a Sugarloaf cabbage and sapphire weighing approximately 50 2.72 carrots with caliber cut sapphire trim and bullet cut diamond accents to the pave-set diamond next a strike caliber cut sapphire geometric links mounted and platinum and it was sold for five million nine hundred six thousand five hundred dollars the second piece of sapphire and diamond Trombino ring set with a Sugarloaf cabbage and sapphire within a pave set diamonds around the shoulders set with graduated baguette cut diamonds mounted in platinum and it was sold for 866 thousand five hundred dollars now during the 50th anniversary of the Cleopatra in 2013 Jessica Chaston wears the sapphire so tois and ring in the premiere as a embrance of one of the greatest Hollywood star and she looks stunning and fabulous Elizabeth Taylor may not have been actual royalty even if she was made a dame by queen elizabeth ii but she certainly was Hollywood royalty it's no wonder that her film producer husband thought she needed her very own tiara and that's 5th on our list the husband in question was Mike Todd that's hubby number three for those of you checking your scorecard Elizabeth would later call him one of the two loves of her life along with the tempestuous Richard Burton of course Todd was wealthy in his own right and he loved to lavish jewelry on his movie star wife the tiara was created in the late 19th century old mine cut diamonds are set in platinum and gold and shaped into alternating scroll and lattice work elements Todd gave the tiara to Taylor in 1957 the year that they married here's Taylor herself writing in Elizabeth Taylor my love affair with jewelry describing the gift when he gave me this tiara he said you're my queen and I think you should have a tiara I wore it for the first time when we went to the Academy Awards it was the most perfect night because Mike's film around the world in 80 days won for Best Picture it wasn't fashionable to wear tiaras then but I wore it anyway because he was my king sadly Todd and Taylor weren't king and queen of Hollywood for long Todd died tragically in a plane crash barely a year after the two were married the diadem was auctioned in 2011 with an estimated price between $60,000 to $80,000 but it was sold at a whopping four million two hundred twenty six thousand five hundred dollars the iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum located in the Indian city of Agra is considered one of the most beautiful buildings ever designed the marble structure boasts a history that steeped in the timeless love between Emperor Shah Jahan and his wife and to know that a diamond went on to be called Taj Mahal speaks to the immense historical significance that gemstone has with some of India's famous ancient emperors the Taj Mahal diamond is thought to have been gifted by the Emperor to his son who then became the great Emperor Shah Jahan between 1592 and 1666 Shah Jahan would later present the gift to his favorite wife Mumtaz I Mahalo but when Mumtaz I Mahalo died four years later the Emperor was overwhelmed with grief he decided to pay the most befitting tribute to his wife by commissioning the iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum it's this very majestic structure that inspired the naming of the Taj Mahal diamond the Taj Mahal diamond traces its roots back to the 17th century the heart-shaped table cut diamond features inscriptions in both Persian and Arabic languages clearly suggesting the possible origin of the diamond one thing about the Taj Mahal diamond that has always fascinated gemologists is its meticulously done inscriptions which were made long before the invention of the laser technology even more fascinating is that laser technology is hardly used for Arabic inscriptions that goes to show how much craftsmanship went into developing the Taj Mahal Diamond Cartier set the diamond on a neck chain in 1972 that was made to resemble the silk cord at his thought to have originally had Burton bought it for tailor for her 40th birthday in 1972 with a pre-sale estimate of $300,000 to $500,000 it's sold to an anonymous buyer for eight point eight million dollars the Taj Mahal diamond is aptly named after the imposing Taj Mahal mausoleum and just like this structure this diamond has lived through time carrying with it a rich heritage reminiscent of the ancient Indian civilizations number three the Krupp diamond often referred to as the Elizabeth Taylor Krupp diamond or simply as the Elizabeth Taylor diamond the Krupp diamond is a magnificent stone with a fascinating history one of several significant diamonds owned by Elizabeth Taylor the Krupp diamond is asked your cut with a fairly large kulit facet that indicates it was probably cut before the 1920s like the koh-i-noor in the archduke joseph diamond the Krupp diamond is believed to have originated in the Golconda region as it is a type 2a with exceptional optical transparency the diamond got its original name from the Krupp family it was sold to Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor as part of the estate of Varrick Rupp second wife of Alfred Krupp she passed away in 1967 and the diamond went to its new owners in May of 1968 Burton purchased it at auction for a price of 307 and dollars and presented it to Taylor on board their yacht while moored on the River Thames in London the Krupp diamond can be seen in countless photos of Elizabeth Taylor who wore it in a ring and called it her favorite piece when Elizabeth Taylor passed away in 2011 the Elizabeth Taylor Krupp diamond was auctioned at Christie's it sold for eight million eight hundred eighteen thousand five hundred dollars to the South Korean conglomerate ile and the selling price set a new record cost per carat for a colorless diamond number two the ruby and diamond collection what could be more romantic than an impromptu gift of rubies from your husband this is precisely what happened to Elizabeth Taylor as she was doing laps in the pool of her rented house in the South of France when Mike Todd her third husband walked on to the terrace and waved a red leather case with Cartier stamped and gold on the lid the contents of the case matched the red leather containing a suite of matchless rubies and diamonds set into earrings a necklace and a bracelet there wasn't a mirror around so Elizabeth uses the reflection of the pool to see herself she was utterly heartbroken when he died just thirteen months into their marriage when the necklace was auctioned on Elizabeth's death in 2011 the Ruby set realized over nine million six hundred thirty thousand dollars several times over its top estimate of six hundred thousand dollars the ruby and diamond necklace by Cartier was sold for three million seven hundred seventy eight thousand five hundred dollars the ruby and diamond ring by Van Cleef and Arpels was sold for four million two hundred twenty six thousand five hundred dollars the pair of ruby and diamond deer pendants by Cartier was sold for seven hundred eighty two thousand five hundred dollars and the ruby and diamond bracelet by Cartier was sold for eight hundred forty two thousand five hundred dollars although Elizabeth would have been thrilled at the amount of money raised for good causes jewelry for her was not about the material value but the stories behind it and her telling of the story of the Ruby suite it is clear she never lost her naive delight and pleasure she derived from her collection number one is the emerald and diamond suite collection Elizabeth Taylor's Bulgari emerald suite consists of an emerald necklace emerald and diamond pendant matching set of earrings emerald ring and a bracelet she wore the pendant as a brooch as well some of the emeralds in Taylors set were from the grand duchess vladimir in russia the suite was a gift from richard ghertner her then husband he acquired it after several trips to the Bulgari boutique on the Via Condotti in Rome from 1960 to 1967 Richard Burton gave her the emerald and diamond brooch as an engagement present and necklace as a wedding present earrings a bracelet and a ring followed of their time together in Rome Richard Burton famously quipped I introduced Liz to beer and she introduced me to Bulgari Taylor was given a choice between two spectacular emerald necklaces I tried on the huge one than the smaller ones the huge one then the smaller one by this time we had been joined by Bob a dear friend and Richards dresser for years Richard asked him which he preferred Bob couldn't decide either I tried them one more time and said Richard I think I like the smaller one Bob said Mr B you can hardly get girls like that no more the complete set was sold for a combined price of approximately 23 million dollars from the mid-1980s until her death Elizabeth's greatest role was that of an activist in a society paralyzed by fear she used her fame to shine a light on the injustice and ignorance surrounding the hiv/aids epidemic she co-founded amphur and founded the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation receiving many awards for her advocacy including the Legion dinner the presidential citizens medal and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 65th Academy Awards in 2000 queen elizabeth ii named her a dame commander of the Order of the British Empire [Music] it was a pleasure sharing the history and life of one of the most iconic film star that has ever lived Elizabeth Taylor thank you and have a nice day [Music]

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Length: 18min 12sec (1092 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 08 2020