Audrey Hepburn’s pearl earrings go up for auction
The earrings are synonymous with her style.
Screen star Audrey Hepburn’s pearl earrings and a pair of her pale pink ballet pumps are going under the hammer.
Christie’s is holding an auction of more than 200 items that once belonged to the Oscar-winning Breakfast At Tiffany’s actress, to coincide with what would have been her birthday.
The online auction, next month, is the final in a series of three sales from the personal collection of the late film star and fashion legend.
Hepburn’s fans can bid for the Gigi star’s ballpoint pen, in a fitted Christian Dior case, which she carried in her handbag from the 1970s until her death, aged 63, in 1993.
The cultured pearl earrings, synonymous with Hepburn’s classic style, could fetch £12,000.
She wore clip or screw-back earrings and can been seen with the design going under the hammer in several photographs and films from 1954 onwards.
They were the only earrings of this type, with a fine loop connecting the single pearl with its back, in Hepburn’s possession at the time of her death and most closely resemble a pair worn in the films Charade and Paris When It Sizzles.
“What she really loved were pearls because of their purity, the fact that they were made by nature,” he said.
“It is with pleasure that we now present Part III, a further group of her belongings that we feel will be of interest to her ever-growing base of admirers.”
Christie’s online sale Audrey Hepburn The Personal Collection Part III opens for bidding on May 2 and closes on May 9.