SOTHEBY S TO OFFER A SPECIAL SALE OF EXQUISITE JEWELS INSPIRED BY NATURE - FLORA AND FAUNA- IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRILLIANCE OF THE MAGNIFICENT JEWELS SALE IN NEW YORK ON OCTOBER 23rd & 24th, 2000 - Jewels from the Private Collection of Mrs. Aaron Spelling - - A sensational 11.23 carat, Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond is expected to fetch $4/5 million and a superb 50.70 carat pear-shaped diamond is estimated to reach $2,300,000/2,500,000 -A glamorous suite of Diamond Rose Jewelry, property formerly from Queen Nazli Fouad, former Queen Mother of Egypt and Princess Fawzia- An outstanding selection of jewels will be offered in Sotheby s Magnificent Jewels sale in New York on October 23rd and 24th, 2000. Highlighting this sale of approximately 385 lots is an exceptional collection of jewelry from the private collection of Mrs. Aaron Spelling to be held in conjunction with - Flora and Fauna - a special theme sale of approximately 170 jewels inspired by nature; forms that include animals, plants, flowers and birds, dating from the turn of the century to the present. The Magnificent Jewels sale will include pieces from some of today s most celebrated jewelry designers of distinction in the twentieth century including Van Cleef & Arpels, Harry Winston, Cartier, David Webb, Buccellati and Tiffany and Company. Among the diamonds to be offered in the Magnificent Jewels sale is an absolutely sensational fancy vivid blue diamond pear-shaped, weighing 11.23 carats and is estimated to fetch $4/5 million, a magnificent pear-shaped diamond weighing 50.70 carats, D color, VVS2 clarity, mounted as a pendant is estimated at $2,300,000/2,500,000, an impressive superb fancy vivid yellow emerald-cut diamond ring, weighing 10.50 exhibits the liveliest and most saturated of yellow color; the richness of its color is not only beautiful but extremely rare (est. $900,000/1,000,000) a magnificent emerald-cut diamond weighing 26.99 carats, D-Internally Flawless, accompanied by a report from the Gubelin laboratory stating that the diamond is IIA which is an exceptional rarity. The diamond possesses a purity of color and a high degree of transparency exhibiting a superior quality and is estimated to fetch $1,500,000/1,600,000. A rare and beautiful pear-shaped magnificent diamond ring weighing 21.93 carats (est.$1,200,000/1,300,000) as well as a superb oval diamond weighing 17.57 carats (est.$850,000/900,000) a highly important square emerald-cut diamond ring weighing 15.48 carats (est. $650,000/700,000) and an impressive emerald-cut diamond ring weighing 20.03 carats (est. $350,000/400,000). One of the most glamorous pair of diamond cluster earclips made by Harry Winston to be offered is a magnificent pair of diamond cluster earrings by Harry Winston (est. $650,000/750,000) a cluster motif set with a total of 10 pearshaped diamonds weighing a total of 37.13 carats, mounted in platinum. Stylish jewels to grace the collection include a highly important sapphire and diamond double-
clip/brooch/earclips/ring combination, Cartier, London, 1936 (est.$350,000/400,000) comprises a double-clip brooch of oblong shape, set with 2 cushion-shaped sapphires weighing 12.08 and 10.98 carats of Burmese origin, framed by round, baguette and trapeze-shaped diamonds weighing a total of 19 carats, mounted in platinum, detaches to be worn as a pair of clips as well as an impressive antique ruby and diamond brooch (est. $700,000/800,000) the cushion-shaped ruby weighing 28.74 carats of Burmese origin is property formerly from a European Noble family. Colored diamonds are increasingly in vogue and demand; a fancy purplish-pink diamond weighing 8.20 carats is estimated to reach an estimate of $720,000/780,000 and a rare fancy vivid yellow-orange diamond ring a modified octagonal step-cut diamond of fancy vivid yellow-orange color, weighing 5.11 (est. $250,000/300,000). An exquisite sapphire and diamond ring, circa 1930 is a cushion-shaped sapphire weighing 17.29 carats of Kashmir origin. Jewels From the Collection of Mrs. Aaron Spelling Candy Spelling is a woman of many talents and has created a niche of her own in a fabled Hollywood dynasty. Designer, artist, businesswoman, entrepreneur, philanthropist and gracious hostess are all roles at which she is accomplished and which contribute to her identity. Wife of producer, Aaron Spelling and mother of actors Tori and Randy Spelling, Mrs. Spelling s eye for beauty and her personal style, grace and elegance are well known and are reflected in the paintings, furniture and decorations which fill her home as well as in the jewels she wears herself. Property from the Collection of Mrs. Aaron Spelling includes twelve lots of jewels. Highlights include a stunning ruby and diamond necklace, circa 1950 decorated with a fan-shaped drape of oval and round rubies edged in diamonds, mounted in platinum (est. $80/120,000) accompanied by a pair of ruby and diamond pendant-earclips designed as floral medallion, tops supporting flexible links of foliate design anchored by pear-shaped clusters, originally from Van Cleef & Arpels (est.$25/35,000) a feminine and elegant diamond necklace, Van Cleef & Arpels, designed as a flexible garland of floral clusters and leaves (est. $45/55,000) a pair of diamond pendant-earclips designed as cascading foliate clusters (est. $5/7,000) and a sapphire and diamond necklace and earclips designed with v- shaped center set with oval sapphires and marquise-shaped diamonds, the earclips designed as foliate cascades (est. $30/40,000). Flora and Fauna
Flora and Fauna, a unique selection of approximately 170 jewels inspired by nature, modeled in forms that include animals, plants, flowers and birds, dating from the turn of the century up to the present is the second theme sale to be curated by Sotheby s New York. A diamond, sapphire and emerald snake brooch, Oscar Heyman & Brothers will grace the Flora and Fauna sale estimated at $150,000/200,000; a coiled serpent set in the center with an emerald-cut diamond weighing 15.15 carats, holding a cushion-shaped sapphire weighing 5.23 carats in its jaws, its body pavé-set with round diamonds weighing 5.05 carats and cabochon emeralds weighing 1.95 carats, terminating with a pear-shaped emerald weighing 1.04 carats. A spectacular ruby and diamond dragonfly brooch, ESG Jewels is gracefully set with rubies and diamonds weighing 37.44 carats and 8.15 carats respectively; the rubies are all of Burmese origin and the diamonds are of the finest
quality, mounted in titanium alloy, a new concept in the creation of jewelry, making it extremely light-weight and very easy to wear (est. $100,000/150,000) and an invisibly-set ruby and diamond flower brooch, Aletto Brothers (est.$100/150,000). Property from Queen Nazli Fouad former Queen Mother of Egypt and Princess Fawzia includes a glamorous suite of diamond rose jewelry, late 1930s that was commissioned by Queen Nazli around 1938, a year prior to her daughter s wedding. The suite comprises a necklace-clip combination and a pair of earclips, the necklace featuring a pair of large three dimensional life-size, voluptuous roses, pavé-set with round and single-cut diamonds, the leaves also decorated with baguette diamond veins, fitted to an articulated collar of round, single-cut and baguette diamonds, roses detach to be worn separately as clips, the rose earclips similarly decorated with pave-set diamonds, the total diamond weight approximately 375 carats is estimated at $350,000/450,000. Property formerly from the personal collection of an Asian Royal family is a sophisticated diamond and onyx white tiger bangle-bracelet/watch, Cartier, Paris 1980s which features the figure of a white tiger concealing a watch dial is extremely rare and was especially commissioned by Cartier by the original owner is estimated at $100,000/150,000. A diamond rose brooch, David Webb ($60/80,000) and a suite of ruby, diamond and sapphire jewelry attributed to Paul Flato and designed by Verdura, circa 1935 (est. $40/60,000) is property of W. Robert Wigley, Jr. Property formerly from the collection of Ingrid Bergman being offered in the Flora and Fauna sale will include a pair of emerald and diamond scorpion brooches, circa 1950 that were given to Ingrid Bergman by her second husband, Roberto Rossellini (est. $18,000/22,000). # # # For further information, please contact the Press Office: Carlene Soumas (Sotheby s New York) Tel: 212 7176 Fax: 212 606 7027 Helen Griffith (Sotheby s London) Tel: 44 20 7293 5168 Fax: 44 20 7293 5947
Efinizia Morante (Sotheby s Geneva) Tel: 41 22 908 4814 Fax: 41 22 908 4805 Peter Cheung (Sotheby s Hong Kong) Tel: 852 2822 8141 Fax: 852 2810 6264