Jewels owned by former actress Gina Lollobrigida go on display in London
- 11 years ago
She was one of cinema's biggest stars; a sex symbol in the Hollywood hey days of the 1950s and 60s.
And now Gina Lollobrigida is selling some of the iconic jewellery she wore back then to raise money for charity.
Diamond, emerald and pearl pieces by the jeweller Bulgari are being exhibited at Sotheby's in London.
That's before they're auctioned in Geneva next month.
David Bennett is from Sotheby's.
SOUNDBITE: Sotheby's Jewellery, Europe and Middle East and Switzerland Chairman, David Bennett, saying (English):
"This is a really major opportunity for people who are not only collectors of Bulgari, but people who want to collect something imbued with this really magical provenance of one of the most ladies of the 20th Century so it's extremely glamorous jewellery and, you know, very important."
The top pieces on offer are her 1964 natural pearl and diamond pendants, expected to fetch up to a million dollars.
Lollobrigida wore them in 1963 at
And now Gina Lollobrigida is selling some of the iconic jewellery she wore back then to raise money for charity.
Diamond, emerald and pearl pieces by the jeweller Bulgari are being exhibited at Sotheby's in London.
That's before they're auctioned in Geneva next month.
David Bennett is from Sotheby's.
SOUNDBITE: Sotheby's Jewellery, Europe and Middle East and Switzerland Chairman, David Bennett, saying (English):
"This is a really major opportunity for people who are not only collectors of Bulgari, but people who want to collect something imbued with this really magical provenance of one of the most ladies of the 20th Century so it's extremely glamorous jewellery and, you know, very important."
The top pieces on offer are her 1964 natural pearl and diamond pendants, expected to fetch up to a million dollars.
Lollobrigida wore them in 1963 at