It starts next week, your chance to own a piece of Elizabeth Taylor, but it won't be cheap. Hundreds of items belonging to the late great movie star will be offered for auction at Christie's.
Liz Taylor is eyeing her own auction. She is eyeing her jewels. She is eyeing the line of people waiting to get in at christies. she is watching your back as the clothes off her back go up for bid. From her beaded Versace's to caftans.
Or maybe you'd prefer to own her tiara, the one given to her by husband #3, film director Mike Todd, who said, "Elizabeth you are my queen, you must have a crown."
You can even bid on her cheap wedding dresses. She wore yellow the first time she married Richard Burton, a hippie caftan the second time she married him, her 5th husband. But she never ran out of diamonds.
Richard Burton gave one to her the size of a cherry. Most people have a jewelry box, but Liz had a jewelry room.
Christie's created a mock up featuring all her jewelry boxes, with her labels. For instance, the ping pong diamonds, from a match she played with Burton. Christie's head of jewelry Rahul Kadakia says, "He said Elizabeth, if you beat me by 10 points or more I'll buy you a diamond." She won, he bought her three.
Looking for something a little cheaper? Imagine slipping into Elizabeth Taylor's daisy hot pants. she wore this outfit at the age of 39 the day she first became a grandmother.
You can even bid on her size 10 shoes, the very feet that stomped on a fellow who insulted her in "Butterfield 8." The auction includes her portrait by Andy Warhol and a monkey necklace that Michael Jackson gave her. Kadakia says, "She said these monkeys are like Michael and myself were such great friends."So close, in fact, that her boa once got stuck in his sequined jacket.
Christie's is selling paper cutouts of Liz Taylor's jewels for 25 bucks. It seems as if every possession, like this 500 year old pearl, comes with a great Liz Taylor story attached. Kadakia says, "And she almost lost it and they found it in her puppy's mouth."
The only thing more glittering than her diamonds were the flashbulbs.
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