Photographs above: Jackie Collins’ jewelry L to R Blue topaz costume ring; Diamond pendant necklace with dyed inexperienced quartz carved bust of Budha; Pair of lavender jade and diamond earstuds
From her private assortment
Jewelry from the personal assortment of Jackie Collins (1937-2015) comes up on the market at Chiswick Auctions on Tuesday 6 December. A lot of the ten items on the market have been purchased by her in later life, whereas she was residing in California.
Not like a few of her well-known showstopper items, these jewels have been a part of the writer’s on a regular basis fashion: much less ostentatious diamond necklaces and earrings that might complement each outfit in her wardrobe.
As estimates vary from £200-900, they’re doubtlessly extra obtainable than the jewels of most Hollywood celebrities. Highlights embrace a blue topaz costume ring (estimate £200-300) and a diamond pendant necklace set with a carved bust of Buddha (estimate £700-900).
Head of Jewelry Division Sarah Duncan commented:
“The world Jackie Collins wrote about in books comparable to The World is Stuffed with Married Males or The Stud was all about glamour and exclusivity and these jewels permit her followers to take residence a few of her personal private glamour.
“We’re thrilled to offer this assortment of the late Jackie Collins’ jewelry because it represents what we try for right here at Chiswick Auctions, making effective jewelry accessible and celebrated for all.”
Jackie Collins’ jewelry kinds a part of a wider 180-lot providing of vintage and classic jewelry that’s excellent for Christmas buying. It consists of items by iconic manufacturers together with Cartier, Tiffany & Co., Mikimoto and Van Cleef & Arpels alongside vintage classics comparable to diamond encrusted Victorian jewels.
And for these on the lookout for critical carat weight, the public sale features a 5.59 carat square-cut diamond ring with a laboratory report from EGL (estimate £18,000-20,000) and a 4.01 carat brilliant-cut diamond ring with a laboratory report from the GIA in New York (estimate £20,000-30,000).
Diamond Birkin – a bag owned by a number of the most glamorous girls on this planet
One of many rarest and most coveted of all Hermes purses comes for public sale in London this month. The Diamond Birkin is spoken of in hushed tones by purse aficionados. The ‘sister’ bag to the Hermes Himalaya (the world’s costliest purse) it’s created from farmed saltwater crocodile pores and skin and adorned with {hardware} manufactured from 18k white gold encrusted with diamonds.
These luggage have been made in a sequence of various Birkin sizes (from 25 to 40cm) and in a variety of colors. The bag that comes on the market at Chiswick Auctions as a part of their sale of Designer Purses and Trend on December 6-7 is in Shiny Black and dimension 35cm.
Made in 2008, it consists of padlock, keys, clochette, rain jacket, dustbag and field and is situation graded B. A real collector’s merchandise – a bag owned by a number of the most glamorous girls on this planet – it has a information of £65,000 – £85,000.
With only a few being produced, the Diamond Birkin is extraordinarily uncommon and -like many Hermes Birkin luggage – topic to a ready record. Shopping for a classic or ‘pre-loved’ piece from a good public sale home, one which offers with Hermès items frequently, is one approach to safe the rarest fashions.
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