The last of the 'Robber Baron' heiresses, Hugette Clark, died about a year ago. Her jewels are to be auctioned off at Cristie's on April 17th. Hugette spent most of her life as a recluse, from 1930 onwards. However, she did enjoy her wonderfully over-the-top jewels prior to (and I suspect after) her self-imposed confinement. Here is a wonderful photo of her wearing two of the bracelets that will be auctioned:
And here is one bracelet:
And then there are the two massive diamonds, both of which were worn as rings by Hugette, estimated to sell for $6-8 million and $2-3 million respectively:
Do you have to register to attend?
ReplyDelete