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Gina Lollobrigida jewellery raises $5m at Geneva auction | |
(about 21 hours later) | |
Jewellery belonging to the veteran Italian film star Gina Lollobrigida has fetched almost $5m (£3.3m) at an auction in Geneva. | |
Her collection included a pair of pearl and diamond earrings that sold for $2.39m (£1.55m), Sotheby's said. | |
The auction house said the collection went for twice as much as the original estimate. | |
Lollobrigida, who rose to stardom in the 1950s and 1960s, said part of the profits would go to stem cell research. | |
More than 20 pieces - many created by Italian jeweller Bulgari - went under the hammer on Tuesday. | |
"So often women are lucky enough to be given jewellery, but when you have an actress, a famous lady, who has chosen the jewellery herself it makes it that much more interesting," said David Bennett of Sotheby's Geneva. | |
The 85-year-old said some of the money would go towards an international hospital for stem-cell treatment. | |
The Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels sale, which included jewellery from other sellers, also featured a yellow diamond reportedly once owned by a Shah of Persia that sold for just under $3m (£1.97m). | |
Lollobrigida, known in her native country as La Lolla, appeared in films including The World's Most Beautiful Woman (1955) and Come September (1961) but now works as a sculptor. | Lollobrigida, known in her native country as La Lolla, appeared in films including The World's Most Beautiful Woman (1955) and Come September (1961) but now works as a sculptor. |
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