43 Preview to auction of late actress Elizabeth Taylors jewellery

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(24 Nov 2011) SHOTLIST • Hong Kong - 24 November 2011 • ++16:9++ • 1. Mid of late actress Elizabeth Taylor's jewellery on display, with a portrait of her in background • 2. Close tilt up of Parisian jeweller, Van Cleef and Arpels' kunzite, amethyst and diamond Triphanes necklace, to portrait of Taylor by Andy Warhol in background • 3. Wide of photographers around La Peregrina necklace, made by French jewellers, Cartier, with pearls, rubies and diamonds, with an estimate value of between two to three (m) million US dollars • 4. Mid of Christie's auction house employee posing next to La Peregrina necklace • 5. Close of 50 carat pearl on La Peregrina necklace, pull out to mid of necklace • 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jonathan Rendell, Deputy Chairman, Christie's New York/Paris: • She loved it, she played with it all the time. And she really wanted, we've been planning this sale, Christie's and Ms Taylor, have been planning this sale for a very long time. She knew that Christie's were going to do a sale, she knew that we were going to tour the things. She wanted to share the jewelry with everybody else, and it's our privilege to do that. • 7. Close pull focus of 33.19 carat diamond ring, estimated value between 2.5 to 3.5 (m) million US dollars • 8. Mid of Chrisitie's employee looking at diamond ring on display • 9. Mid of still photo on wall showing Elizabeth Taylor wearing diamond ring • 10. Wide of display of photos of Taylor • 11. Wide of Christie's employees showing large book, The Birds of America , by John James Audubon, estimated value of between seven to 10 (m) million US dollars • 12. Close tilt up of book detailing a turkey from Audubon's The Birds of America • 13. Mid of Christie's employee turning page of the book • 14. SOUNDBITE (English) Francis Wahlgren, International Head of Books and Manuscripts, Christie's New York: • It has consistently been the most expensive book at auction over the course of its near two hundred years of production. It's just a very expensive book. • 15. Wide of all four volumes of Audubon's The Birds of America , with Christie's staff showing one to reporters • 16. Wide cutaway of photographers and cameramen • 17. Wide of Christie's staff showing book to reporters • FILE: Cannes, France - 23 May 2003 • ++4:3++ • 18. Various of Taylor wearing Italian jeweller, Bulgari, necklace being interviewed on red carpet • FILE: London, UK - 24 May 2000 • ++4:3++ • 19. Mid of Taylor arriving on red carpet for event at which she was honoured with the British Film Industry Lifetime Achievement Award • STORYLINE • A selection of the late actress Elizabeth Taylor's jewellery has gone on display in Hong Kong. • It's a preview of the full collection which will go under the hammer next month in New York. • Auction house Christie's has got 269 lots of the late star's jewellery to sell, and estimates its overall value for the stones alone at between thirty and fifty (m) million US dollars. • It might all fetch more because of its association with the star, auctioneers say. • One of the most expensive items is a necklace called La Peregrina, made of rubies, diamonds, and a giant natural pearl, shaped like a pear. • The pearl was first discovered in 1579 in the Gulf of Panama, and was owned by Spanish royalty, among others, before Taylor's former husband Richard Burton bought it as part of the necklace for her. • Burton spent 37-thousand US dollars in 1967 on this present. Christie's estimates its value now between two and three (m) million US dollars. • The actress loved her jewelry and played with it all the time, according to Christie's Deputy Chairman Jonathan Rendell. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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