Elizabeth Taylor auctions raise $183 million
ASSOCIATED PRESS February 9, 2012 9:18AM
Picture supplied by Christie's auctioneers , of Van Gogh's work Vue de l'asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy, which sold for £10,121,250 (nearly $16 million) at a sale of paintings from Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor's art collection Tuesday Feb. 7, 2012. Three paintings from the estate of the late star, by Van Gogh, Edgar Degas and Claude Pissarro fetched a combined £13,787,750 at the Christie's sale, more than double their pre-sale low estimate (AP Photo/ Christies)
Paintings, jewelry and fashions belonging to the late Elizabeth Taylor have sold for more than $183 million.
Christie’s auction house says all of the 1,817 lots offered sold at auctions in New York and London, some at 50 times their pre-sale estimates.
The top lot was Vincent van Gogh’s landscape “Vue de l’asile et de la Chapelle de Remy,” which once hung in Taylor’s Bel Air home. It sold for 10.1 million pounds ($16 million), including the buyer’s premium.
Hollywood legend Taylor died in March aged 79, and Christie’s has been selling her belongings in a series of auctions. New York sales of jewelry, fashion and memorabilia in December raised more than $156 million.
A sale of 38 paintings in London on Tuesday and Wednesday raised 15.6 million pounds ($24.6 million).
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