Posts tagged ‘Auction’

June 26, 2013

The Wedding of Weddings

elizabeth taylor wedding dress

Elizabeth Taylor’s very first wedding dress sold at auction this week for a whopping £122,000.  This dress, worn by an 18 year old Elizabeth for her marriage to Conrad ‘Nicky’ Hilton Junior, is a classic Cinderella gown and shows off her teeny tiny waist to perfection.

Fond of lovers, divorce and marriage… as lovely as this gown is, Liz Taylor’s subsequent choices

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May 29, 2013

Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art at Sotheby’s

m f husain

MF Husain

Sotheby’s London will hold an auction of modern and contemporary Indian art on June 11th and an exhibition of the available art will open from the 6th of June.

I simply love the works by the Great Masters of Indian art.  Dead and dying, these rare icons of Indian art are inimitable.  I wasn’t exposed to them growing up and learned about them through my frequent trips to India.

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May 19, 2011

Bea’s Bow on Ebay

For an ensemble that was despised by every fashionista,Princess Beatrice’s hat designed by milner Philip Treacy, is getting quite  a lot of attention. It seems to be in the media every day for one reason or another and has become the most unlikely star of the Royal Wedding with a Facebook page dedicated to it.

Today The Evening Standard reported that the hat that Bea wore is now being sold on Ebay.

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