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Elizabeth Taylor

Records Smashed As Elizabeth Taylor’s Jewelry Goes To Highest Of High Bidders At Christie’s

On Tuesday night there was an auction of royal proportions in Midtown. Christie’s was selling off Elizabeth Taylor’s “legendary jewels,” and the bidding, as expected, went through the roof.

2011/12/14

Actress Elizabeth Taylor Poses In An Old Film Still, circa 1950. The iconic, Oscar-winning actress died at age 79 on March 23, 2011 of congestive heart failure. (credit: Getty Images)

Preview: Elizabeth Taylor Auction At Christie’s

Christie’s Auction House is hosting an exhibit of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor’s possessions from Saturday through December 12, when the auction begins.

2011/12/02

Elizabeth Taylor in 1957 (AP Photo/File)

Oscar Winner, AIDS Activist, Broadway Star, Legend: Liz Taylor Dead At 79

Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen persona, stormy personal life and enduring fame and glamour made her one of the last of the old-fashioned movie stars and a template for the modern celebrity, died Wednesday at age 79.

2011/03/23

Taylor (AP PHOTO); Gussow (Getty Images)

Elizabeth Taylor Outlives NY Times Writer Who Wrote Her Obit

Talk about irony. New York Times theater critic Mel Gussow, the man who wrote Taylor’s detailed obit that appeared on paper’s Website today, died in 2005.

2011/03/23