Gold: Jeweler Angelique Knafo Wins Three Liz Taylor Pieces at Christie’s Auction
Eye on the PrizesWhen Angélique Knafo, designer and co-owner behind 15-year-old American brand Angélique de Paris, heard about Christie’s auction of the Collection of Elizabeth Taylor in late 2011, one thought came to mind: “I wouldn’t want to be bidding against me,” she tells JCK.The Liz Taylor fan—Knafo bought her book Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair With Jewelry soon after it was published in 2002—says there was “no question” whether she and husband Philippe Renaud would bid on pieces. It was only a matter of which pieces.Van Cleef & Arpels 18k yellow gold, chrysopras
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