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| Liz Taylor’s jewels, fashion set for December auctions Posted: 30 Jun 2011 07:58 AM PDT
Taylor, one of the last great stars from Hollywood's heyday who was known as much for her beauty, love of diamonds, eight marriages and work as an AIDS activist as her films, died of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles on March 23 at age 79. Christie's said it will devote all its Rockefeller Center headquarters gallery space to an unprecedented, monumental 10-day exhibition of her collection beginning on December 3. Before the sale a three-month worldwide tour of Taylor's jewelry, fashion, accessories, decorative arts and memorabilia will kick off in September, with stops in Moscow, London, Los Angeles, Dubai, Geneva, Paris, and Hong Kong. Marc Porter, Christie's Americas chairman and president, said the exhibitions would provide "a window into the world of a true icon, a rare woman who was at once an international film and fashion star, loving mother, successful businesswoman, and generous humanitarian." In keeping with Taylor's humanitarian work a portion of the proceeds from the exhibition admissions, events and publications related to the sales will be donated to The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation, which the actress founded in 1991. Christie's did not release details on specific items in the auction or estimates of what they would fetch but past sales of collections of other famous people have sold for many millions. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' estate fetched US$35 million (RM105.7 million) at Sotheby's in 1993, while a nine-day sale of property from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor soared to nearly US$25 million. The series of Taylor sales are individually devoted to jewelry, haute couture, fashion and accessories, decorative arts and memorabilia from Taylor's Bel Air home, and Impressionist and modern art. Taylor's jewelry is expected to draw intense interest. Christie's described the sale as "one of the most remarkable jewelry events in auction history." A gala evening sale December 13 will be followed by two more sessions on December 14. Taylor's jewelry was reportedly worth more than US$100 million at her death. Her estate was valued at anywhere from US$500 million to US$1 billion. All sales, except art which will be held in London in February, will take place in December in New York. Christie's said it will also hold online-only sales through Christie's LIVE to run concurrent with the exhibition and sale dates. — Reuters Actress Elizabeth Taylor is shown in this undated handout photo. — Reuters pic Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Le Mans special edition Audi planned Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:24 AM PDT  The Audi R8 V8 Limited Edition — AFP pic The Audi R8 V8 Limited Edition will be available in coupé form only, the luxury automaker said June 29, and has been created in honor of the brand's tenth victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans race which took place June 11-12. Drivers André Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoît Treluyer took Audi to victory with an R8 at the gruelling endurance race, edging in ahead of a Peugeot 908. It's the second year that Audi has beaten Peugeot to first place in the race, although the French automaker managed to take third, fourth and fifth places. The new model, reserved solely for British fans of the Audi brand, will have a limited-edition run of just 100 models and will be priced from £93,935 (RM454,645), with performance specification unchanged from the R8 V8, which offers 0-100kph in 4.6 seconds and a top speed of 300kph. It will be easily distinguishable on the road thanks to GT-inspired 19-inch alloy wheels, featuring red brake callipers reminiscent again of the Le Mans-winning model. It will be available in a Titanium Metallic paint finish exclusive to the model, Audi has said, while interiors have been finished by crimson red accents to the nappa leather seats, along with a leather-functioned steering wheel and red leather knee pads and passenger door handles. The Limited Edition model includes several equipment upgrades, including a satellite navigation, integrated seatbelt microphones with Bluetooth interface for making mobile phone calls and a Bang & Olufsen sound system. Order books will open in July, with the first models expected to hit the roads in October 2011. http://www.audi.co.uk. — AFP-Relaxnews Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
NEW YORK, June 30 — Actress Elizabeth Taylor's renowned collection of jewelry, works of art, fashion and memorabilia will be sold in a series of auctions starting in December, Christie's said yesterday.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Features To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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