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Crown Jewels, Elizabeth Taylor Jewels, My Jewels

December 15, 2011 by WendyB

Crown jewels? How could I not love this commercial?

Android Smartphone is Straight Talk’s Crown Jewel – Watch more funny videos here

The crown jewels would probably be a bargain compared to Elizabeth Taylor’s jewels, which brought in a record-setting $115 million at auction. (When Taylor died in March, I wrote about her jewelry on the Huffington Post. You can revisit that story by clicking here.) Most of the jewelery sold for well above the estimates. The heart-shaped Taj Mahal Diamond, for instance, had a pre-auction estimate of $300,000 to $500,000, but sold for $8.8 million.

One of y’all better get my Chicken-in-Egg locket for $16,000 while you can. After an insanely glamorous actress buys it, it’s going to be worth millions! Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

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  1. Faux Fuchsia says

    December 15, 2011 at 2:07 am

    Hope Mr B bought you a lovely trinket from Miss Taylor’s swag.

    Meanwhile Mr FF didn’t so I’d better go and revisit her Love Affair with Jewels book and re-live the magic via the pages x

  2. liz says

    December 15, 2011 at 6:25 am

    Wendy,

    I think Christies lowballed the estimates for the jewels. Based on the price of gold, the provenance of the stone beyond the Butron-Taylor story, and the fact it was also styled by Cartier, the Taj Mahal necklace was worth far more than their estimate. C’mon- estimating the Edith Head necklace for $1,500- $2000? The gold’s worth more than that!

    • WendyB says

      December 15, 2011 at 10:29 am

      Agree.

  3. Pam @over50feeling40 says

    December 15, 2011 at 8:15 am

    So sad that I can’t jump on the $16,000…I must only dream of it!!!

  4. That's Not My Age says

    December 15, 2011 at 9:42 am

    Oh I’d love some Hollywood jewels – yours or Liz’s I’m not fussy! Hoping that Mr That’s Not My Age has secretly acquired some for me.

  5. lisa says

    December 15, 2011 at 1:26 pm

    Someone needs to buy the chicken-in-egg necklace so I can live vicariously through them.

  6. stacy says

    December 15, 2011 at 6:54 pm

    absolutely! your jewelry is so well priced for what it is. and i totally love that commercial… cracks me up every time!

  7. Silvergirl says

    December 15, 2011 at 10:20 pm

    that commercial is too funny
    i have not ever seen it
    brett

  8. Susan Tiner says

    December 16, 2011 at 12:26 pm

    Yes, early Wendy Brandes collectors have an excellent investment outlook.

  9. Elizabeth says

    December 16, 2011 at 1:57 pm

    I’d sell my condo for that Chicken-in-Egg necklace.

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