BETTI'S BEEHIVE: JUST BEFORE LIZ GOES ON THE AUCTION BLOCK

AHHHHHH, WHERE TO BEGIN? $30 TO ENTER THE FAMOUS CHRISTIE'S AUCTION HOUSE AT ROCKEFELLER PLAZA WAS THE PLACE TO BE THESE PAST 10 DAYS. THIS WAS THE LAST VIEWING (THE COLLECTION TRAVELED THE WORLD INCLUDING MOSCOW) OF LIZ TAYLOR'S FAMOUS JEWELS ( WOW! WHAT A EYE POPPING FEAST FOR THE EYES) AS WELL AS, COUTURE ( A CLOSET FULL OF DESIGNER HANDBAGS (what a surprise!) AND A JAM UP AT THE CHANEL CORNER) , FINE ARTS (paintings from rauchenberg & warhol to renoir and picasso), DECORATIVE OBJECTS (daum)AND ACCESSORIES (all from her Bel Aire home) WERE DISPLAYED BEFORE THE GO ON THE AUCTION BLOCK STARTING 12/13 ( A LUCKY NUMBER FOR THOSE OF SUCCESSFUL BIDS) PHOTOGRAPHY WAS NOT PERMITTED. SO THIS IS WHAT I WAS ABLE TO GATHER TO SHOW YOU A GLIMPS OF ARM CHAIR VIEWING......

THE MOST DEVINE JEWEL WAS THE 'LA PEREGRINA PEARL" REPORTED WORN BY MARY TUTOR & QUEEN ISABEL OF SPAIN..... GIVEN TO ELIZABETH BY BURTON FOR HER 40TH BIRTHDAY, IT WAS THE LAST PIECE TO BE SEEN.... WHY WAIT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AT CHRISTIES YESTERDAY

DURING HER CAFTAN STYLE. THE EXHIB SHOWED A CLOSET FULL OF FABULOUS CAFTANS

HER GOOD FRIEND MICHAEL JACKSON WHO GAVE HER MANY JEWELS TO DROOL FOR!

FIRST WEDDING TO RICHARD.... THE DRESS "SUNFLOWER" BY IRENE SHARAFF AND JEWELS WHERE ON DISPLAY ALONG WITH MANY OTHER TRINKETS HE SHOWERED ON HER...

A ROLE THAT MADE HER HOTTER THAN HELL..... WITH A ROMANCE TO MATCH

A FASHION ICON? WHO KNEW? SURELY NOT ME GROWING UP. THIS HOLSTON RED DRAPED DRESS WAS ONE OF THE MANY SURPRISE IN THE SHOW

TO SEE THIS FABULOUS PIECE OF JEWELRY IN PERSON.... BREATHE TAKING.... DIAMONDS AND SAPPHIRES TO DIE, NAHHH, DROOL FOR!

LADY IN RED, DIAMONDS & RUBIES GALOUR ..... BUT I'M NOT CRAZY FOR THE PIN IN THE TOP OF THE HEAD, AS CHANEL WOULD SAY, DRESS UP, LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND TAKE ONE ITEM OFF.

CAFTANS ON PARADE AT THE SHOW

CUTE" LITTLE BAUBLE" THE FAMOUS TAJ MAHAL DIAMOND , REPORTEDLY ONCE GIVEN BY THE SHAH JAHAN TO HIS WIFE, QUEEN MUMTAZ OF INDIA (JAHAN BUILT THE TAJ MAHAL IN MEMORY OF HIS LOVE FOR HIS QUEEN)

VERSACE AT HIS BEST AND LIZ WORE IT!

UP CLOSE OF THE FAMOUS TAJ MAHAL DIAMOND (SEE IT AS THE CUTE BAUBLE ABOVE)

EMERALDS ,DIAMONDS AND THE 1979 ACADEMY AWARD, OH MY

TIARA WAS A GIFT OF MIKE TODD, HUSBAND #3 WORN AT THE 1957 ACADEMY AWARDS WHERE TODD RECEIVED THE OSCAR FOR BEST PICTURE....." AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS"