Christie’s is auctioning personal items from the singer’s longtime Atlanta home, which he sold last fall.
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From record-setting gems to celebrities and controversy, Associate Editor Lauren McLemore looks back on the year’s most intriguing sales.
The 21 pieces up for auction, including Tiffany & Co. jewels and a Cartier watch, garnered more than $430,000 across two sales.
Additional lots will be offered in the Fine Jewels online sale through Dec. 7.
Several other colored gemstones joined the pieces in the top 10 list.
The 15.48-carat fancy intense “Pink Supreme” topped Christie’s fall jewelry auction in Asia, while a Patek Philippe led the watch sale.
The stone headlining the upcoming sale could fetch up to $5 million.
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Up for auction at Bonhams next month, the rare enamel and gem-set cuff is considered the star of the sale.
Worn in the film’s final scene, the piece was expected to sell for nearly $30,000.
“The Blue Lagoon” was expected to sell for as much as $2.7 million at the Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels sale in Geneva.
The Geneva auction of royal jewels garnered nearly double what the auction house expected.
A buyer paid $44 million for the 17.61-carat fancy vivid blue diamond.
The late journalist’s antique jewelry proved to be of particular interest.
The piece is estimated to sell for more than $20,000.
It featured watches from the collection of late entrepreneur Glen de Vries.
The stone is expected to fetch up to $2.7 million.
The Bonhams New York sale will feature a Harry Winston diamond ring and several bespoke JAR earrings.
The fancy vivid blue diamond was estimated to sell for as much as $37 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong.
A rare Chaumet necklace and 20th-century sapphire ring sold for double their estimates.
Reginald Brack has worked at StockX and Christie’s.
The 17.61-carat stone leads Christie’s “Magnificent Jewels” sale in Geneva this November.
Frank Everett curated “For the Boys: A Jewelry Exhibition,” opening in New York City in September.
The single-owner collection features jewels with ties to Austria’s Habsburg dynasty.
Its first sale will feature the watch collection of scientist and entrepreneur Glen de Vries, who flew to space with William Shatner.