Barkin’s Jewelry Fetches $20 Million
San Francisco Chronicle, USA
A collection of jewelry belonging to actress Ellen Barkin fetched $20.3 million at a New York City auction on Tuesday.
The 108 pieces for sale included Barkin’s wedding ring from her marriage to ex-husband Ron Perelman — which fetched $138,000 at Christie’s auction house — diamond rings, necklaces and earrings from jewellers including Bulgari, Cartier, Tiffany and Van Cleef and Arpels.
A single 22.76-carat diamond ring was the most expensive lot, bought for $1.8 million by an American collector.
Rahul Kadakia, head of Christie’s jewelry department, says the $20.3 million haul “makes Ellen Barkin’s collection the highest single-owner jewelry sale of the past 15 years in the U.S. and also places it among the top four ever worldwide.”
The actress wed Perelman in 2000 and they divorced earlier this year.
