The supplemental letter from the GIA is accompanied by a monograph from the Gemological Institute of America which features additional photographs, data collection charts and gemological research which details the rarity of the Elizabeth Taylor Diamond. In honor of the eagerly awaited and delayed 2021 Academy Awards, we are reupping this story about the Taylor Burton diamond that Elizabeth Taylor wore to the ceremony in 1970 when she presented Best Picture. William J. Mann (21 October 2009). How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 978-0-547-41774-5. As a new authorized biography, Kate Andersen Brower’s Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon, charts the screen siren’s rollercoaster romantic life, take a closer look at the famous jewelry lover’s engagement rings. White diamonds is a floral perfume with notes of rose, jasmine, [1] neroli, narcissus, and Egyptian tuberose. [2]

White Diamonds was marketed with a short film starring Taylor titled White Diamonds Starring Elizabeth Taylor. [5] The full film, with a duration of 2 minutes and 45 seconds, [5] was screened in department stores, which served popcorn to customers to enhance the theatrical effect. [1] It was also played in movie theatres before pre-show trailers. [3] A 60-second cut was shown as a television commercial. [5]

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McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved May 28, 2023. White Diamonds was named "Fragrance of the Year" by The Fragrance Foundation in 1992, and inducted in the foundation's Hall of Fame in 2009. [2] Burton's lawyer, Jim Benton, called him at the Bell Inn after the auction to tell him that he had been outbid. Burton later wrote of his reaction in his diary, writing that: Taylor owned the diamond for less a decade (after divorcing Burton, she sold it in 1979), and yet it’s still mainly referred to as the Taylor-Burton diamond. Perhaps it is because people remember a great diamond—especially when it is tied to a great romance. Winston sold the unusually large pear shape diamond to Harriet Annenberg Ames, the sister of Walter Annenberg, former United States ambassador in the United Kingdom. But she didn’t keep it for long. In 1969, Ames brought it to New York’s Parke-Bernet Galleries to sell at auction.

Though she had been presented with three before it, Taylor’s first real gobstopper jewel came when Mike Todd proposed to the then 24-year-old with a “not quite 30 but twenty-nine-and-a-half” carat engagement ring in 1956. Dame Elizabeth Taylor owned not one but two very famous diamond rings. Also known as the Taylor-Burton Diamond and the Krupp Diamond, the Elizabeth Taylor diamonds are worthy of her celebrity status and were cornerstones of her collection. Let’s take a closer look. The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond Collection According to an executive at Elizabeth Arden who worked with Taylor on White Diamonds, the perfume used a higher-than-normal concentration of oil (25% rather than the usual 12%) to create a heavier scent. [3] Burton, who had been famously buying lavish jewels for Taylor, was interested in the mega diamond. At the time it was one of the largest pear shape diamonds ever to come to market. After expressing his interest, Parke-Bernet brought the diamond to the couple, who were at the time vacationing in Switzerland, to preview it. They wanted it.Burton and Taylor divorced twice. After the second split, Elizabeth Taylor’s pear shaped diamond was sold to New York jeweler Henry Lambert, for an estimated 5 million in 1978. This translates to about 18.9 million in 2015. Part of the sale’s proceeds funded the construction of a new hospital in Botswana. The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond is an Asscher cut diamond with a fairly large culet facet, indicating it was likely cut before the 1920s, when culet facets were being phased out. A report (1132411262) dated 9 May 2011 from the Gemological Institute of America states that the diamond is D colour, VS1 clarity; accompanied by a diagram indicating that the clarity may be potentially internally flawless. Taylor subsequently wore the diamond at the 42nd Academy Awards on 7 April 1970, where she wore a dress designed by Edith Head. Taylor presented the Academy Award for Best Picture to Midnight Cowboy at the ceremony. [17] Elizabeth Taylor wore the Krupp Diamond as a ring, and called it her favorite piece. The Krupp Diamond and other famous pieces of jewellery in Taylor's collection became part of Taylor's image. After Taylor's death, the stone was renamed "The Elizabeth Taylor Diamond". Like so many Hollywood couples, even the Taylor and Burton’s fiery romance fizzled out. After the couple divorced in 1976, Taylor sold the diamond three years later and donated part of the proceeds to help build a hospital in Botswana. Throughout her life, she was widely known for her generous philanthropy.