Elizabeth Taylor’s jewels, fashion set for December auctions

Actress Elizabeth Taylor's renowned collection of jewellery, works of art, fashion and memorabilia will be sold in a series of auctions starting in December, Christie's said on Wednesday.
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.
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.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' estate fetched $35 mln at Sotheby's in 1993, while a nine-day sale of property from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor soared to nearly $25 mln.
The series of Taylor sales are individually devoted to jewellery, haute couture, fashion and accessories, decorative arts and memorabilia from Taylor's Bel Air home, and Impressionist and modern art.
Taylor's jewellery was reportedly worth more than $100 mln at her death. Her estate was valued at anywhere from $500 mln to $1 bln.