$896
An archive of fine art, decorative art, fur, and jewelry appraisals, related paperwork, and photographs owned by Elizabeth Taylor. The archive comprises approximately 30 color photographs of Taylor's jewels, including one marked on verso "Krupp Diamond"; the Krupp Diamond is now known as The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond; approximately 70 color photographs of Taylor's collection of decorative arts, most with description written on verso, some with developer date printed "April 81"; eight color photographs of Taylor's furs; six pages of appraisals from Christie's of Taylor's decorative art and a "single stone diamond ring" appraised at $1,200,000, possibly The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond; three pages of correspondence and an invoice from Christie's dated April 20th, 1981, directed to Mrs. John Warner with original envelope; 26 pages of fur appraisals from Revillon at Saks Fifth Avenue dated August 31, 1983, in the name of Elizabeth Taylor; two copies of a Revillon insurance and storage list; a copy of a memorandum to Nat Rubin "Subject: ETW Jewelry" listing Taylor's fine jewels; a copy of a memo from Nat Rubin to Bernard Blum regarding Taylor's furs with a copy of an appraisal by Mourtidis; copies of three memos from Nat Rubin "Subject: ETW- Fine Arts" with four pages of copies listing Taylor's fine art and value with handwritten notes in pencil and color pencil and a copy of a page entitled "Fine Arts Being Stored... in Gstaad." PROVENANCE From the estate of a fo Read more…
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2013-11-09
