Tue, Feb 24
Elizabeth Taylor (from actor Richard Burton): record 69-carat pear-shaped diamond (later made into necklace by Liz because even she realized it was just too large for a ring!). Post-divorce, it was sold by Liz to help finance a hospital in Botswana. ...
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Liz Taylor pics take spotlight in local court 
source: Bizjournals.com
NC Bozzacchi further faces the loss of some of his most treasured possessions: photographs of actors Elizabeth Taylor and then-husband Richard Burton that Bozzacchi took when he was a photographer of celebrities. The photos, which appeared in the 2002 ...
Published Sat, Jun 13
Liz Taylor pics take spotlight in local court 
source: Milwaukee Business Journal
WI Bozzacchi further faces the loss of some of his most treasured possessions: photographs of actors Elizabeth Taylor and then-husband Richard Burton that Bozzacchi took when he was a photographer of celebrities. The photos, which appeared in the 2002 ...
Published Thu, Jun 11
Liz Smith Presents: Celebrity Culture Part Two 
source: wowowow.com
NY People magazine differed from Life and Look because it focused primarily on celebrities – the prototype issue in 1973 had Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton on the cover. It was simply an advancement of the great fan magazine genre – Modern Screen, ...
Published Mon, May 25
source: bnr.bg
Diamonds are for ever BNR - Radio Bulgaria, Bulgaria In the past Richard Burton gave Elizabeth Taylor a diamond worth 15 000 USD. Several years later she sold the 33-carat diamond, which was as large as a small walnut, for 5 million USD. Is a diamond fever getting over wealthy Bulgarians, ...
Published Mon, May 25
Hospitalized Liz Taylor "falls in love" with Twitter 
source: The Money Times
by Natalie James - May 25, 2009 - 0 comments New York, May 25: Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor, who is in the hospital for what her rep calls a "routine visit", has joined the Twitter madness. The 77-year-old actress has found the micro-blogging site ...
Published Mon, May 25
Bulgari Celebrates 125 Years With Retrospective Show 
source: Luxist
CA An entire room will be reserved for Elizabeth Taylor's personal Bulgari collection: sixteen one-of-a-kind pieces including the diamond and 18 carat emerald brooch that Richard Burton gave Taylor as an engagement present in 1962. ...
Published Thu, May 14
Revealed: cruel fate of miners who found perfect blue diamond 
source: EducationGuardian.co.uk
UK The mine also produced the 69.4ct diamond that Richard Burton bought for Elizabeth Taylor for more than $1m. Petra Diamonds' chief executive Johan Dippenaar, 51, said the Cullinan mine, which the company bought last year, produced about one million ...
Published Sat, May 9
source: Women's Wear Daily
- Steve Eichner The ruby, gold and diamond “Taj Mahal” necklace that Richard Burton famously gave to Elizabeth Taylor, with stones that are said to have been owned by the maharajah. A blinged out watch from Elton John. And the 231 carat diamond from Steve Wynn that ...
Published Sat, May 2