Huguette Clark Jewellery Collection | Christie's Auction

[@chrisn7259]

I kept thinking of how Elizabeth Taylor would have loved to bid on some of these exquisite pieces.

[@pixiestyx1766]

Huguette Clark .... a woman worth reading about. Her doll collection was a fabulous as her jewelry collection. Her personal art collection was beyond what most museums own. We won’t go into the Stradivarius violin. Her estate in California was an American palace that she never lived in. With all her wealth, her life was extremely sad and I am sure quite lonely.

[@Soda3000Pop]

Her emerald cut diamond ring is my favorite ❤

[@todddepue681]

An exquisite collection. Miss Clark's story is fascinating. On the surface it sounds so tragic in many ways, but overall she seemed rather pleased. She had her hobbies, very developed special interests and specific routines. Her extreme wealth allowed her to be stubborn and demanding, but certainly her sweet and generous nature is what made it difficult for people to refuse her. Friends and family she stayed in touch with would often beg her to come visit. But no matter the season, she would graciously put them off by saying "perhaps after the holidays". Never, of course, specifying which holidays.

[@lmoore155]

Loved the book Empty Mansions!

[@mariaevans5793]

Never heard of her,but thank you ,I intend to find out more about her now!!!!!!🇬🇧☺

[@nandogranested1389]

Read the book Empty Mansions. It tells everything about her and her family.

[@jennklein1917]

Wonderful jewellery ☺️☺️

[@mariaconsuelodoglio7630]

Bellissima collezione e..molto moderna!

[@elizabethdjokovic2691]

Huguette's story is fascinating. It's all documented in two riveting reads, Empty Mansions and the Phantom of Fifth Avenue. She had everything money could buy but became a recluse living out the last two decades of her life hidden away in a little room in a hospital in new York.

[@grammy965]

I never knew how much I love art deco until I started watching your channel. These jewels were amazing as well as the backstory! ❤️

[@claudiocavaliere856]

Absolutely magnificent collection of a very high quality pieces! Spectacular! Amazing!

[@fliconmigo]

Imagine going to Cartier to buy clocks, pictures frames etc..

[@mariannejohnson6529]

I recommend two fascinating books. Empty Mansions By Bill Dedman and Paul Clark Newell Jr and The Cartiers : The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewlery Empire.

[@stephanienewhouse2056]

I second the recommendation for Empty Mansions.

[@jessiejoseph1093]

I have dreams about that pink stone, a new owner cut it down and remounted it, I liked in it's original form.

[@summertime35]

How do you know that question mark? That's terrible.

[@alantan6255]

Very nice jewellery and beautifully

[@carmennunnally9847]

You don't find such a refund jewelry these days. That is so enjoyable. There is nothing wrong by day dreaming. Thank you

[@nanduarte2119]

I wonder what those items cost originally back in the day

[@jasonkoster6169]

And the family estate in Santa Barbara Calif. ( Montecito)

[@jasonibiza7993]

Nice history...

[@jasonibiza7993]

Just a question I hope you don’t mind... why don’t you narrate it instead of typing it I’m sure you have a good voice... just a thought

[@chrislastnam6822]

If a person lives to 105 snd changes her will a few weeks before she dies, it's almost certain that the new will was coerced especially if the will was written by a prisoner. Hugette was a prisoner. If I worked at that hospital, I would try to contact her family.

[@donnashomin357]

Huguette had everything and nothing all at the same time. She never got over her Sisters death.

[@maryhirsch7170]

Imagine spending decades in a hospital- that's not life at all.

[@here_we_go_again2571]

@@maryhirsch7170 She didn't live in the hospital until she was about 80 years old (She lived to be 104 years old) Her mother was not a social butterfly but she was Huguette's life-long friend and companion. After her mother's death in the (1960's ?) Huguette didn't have anyone to interface with the servants for her. If she got involved in an art project; nobody stepped in and said, lets eat ... you have to eat, we are eating now Or, , I think you should see a doctor about that mole (etc.) She let her skin cancer go for over ten years. When she finally got to a doctor and had surgery; she needed a lot of facial reconstructive surgery. That is when she decided to move into a portion of a floor (not just one room) of a hospital At least the nursing staff kept track of her eating, reminded her, cajoled her to take a bath, etc.. You know .... "The doctor say you should .....

[@lauriesaltsgiver9902]

I feel like something shady happened in her 2nd will 6 weeks later after the first.

[@todddepue681]

It is curious, given that she was always very decisive and specific about everything her whole life. Except for the dispersal of her estate, apparently. Since it took her 98 years before writing her first will (keeping her lawyers verrrry nervous). It's almost as if she was torn, and as soon as she finally decided to do the expected thing for her family (who she was never fond of) she thought "the hell with it" and went with her true heart. She was never one to do anything other than exactly what she wanted.

[@christineroberts4018]

Yes it was shady I did read the story because they were trying to get that new will in but they have passed a 30-day limit because the first will they were no living inheritors so because of that it will go through her half descendants and when they were drawing up the second will she wasn't in good health and they were trying to hold up her hand so they can have her. To sign it so that's where they got in trouble with that one

[@nivesliberatore8264]

Ogni pezzo è un Gioiello con la G maiuscola.... molto lineari.... una donna di evidente buon gusto!!! Ciao e grazie mille ... che la bellezza salvi il mondo... per dirla alla Dostoevskij... 💜❤💙💜❤💙

[@maryhirsch7170]

Hers was a tragic life, all that wealth and little happiness.

[@nandogranested1389]

All that jewelry would sure make me happy!!

[@phylmar1]

It sounds to me like someone cohorts her into that second will. Why didn’t some in her family step in and get her out of that hospital room? She could have had a happy end to her life. Sounds to me like everyone was perfectly happy having her “locked away “. So sad. Her absolutely fabulous jewelry was sold for millions, who got that money?😦

[@armybeef68]

Maybe she didn't want to leave.

[@cicipine1]

Every time I read Empty Mansions ( just finished it again), I'm saddened for her predicament. She was a very lonely woman, I feel, afraid of the world...

[@endor8witch]

im happy to read that she left 36mil to her nurse. she needed someone to attend to her when she is in her time of need and nurses aren't paid that much anyway.

[@carolannemckenzie3849]

The nurse had to give it back after the will was challenged by family members but she got plenty of cash gifts, college funds for her kids etc during her years of service.

[@chrislastnam6822]

I'm not. Hugette was held prisoner in a hospital for about 20 years and subject to undue influence. The doctors nurses,and accountants should have lost their licences.Mr Clark had six other children who are the natural heirs. It's dangerous to be rich and have no family.

[@chrislastnam6822]

She wasn't senile or disabled.

[@joeflyer1]

The nurse only had to give back $5 million. She was allowed to keep $26 million in cash and property.

[@stuartashbourne-martin9629]

I wonder if a family tried to contest the new will made 6 weeks before the lady died imagine that thinking that you going to get a massive chunk i wall those millions it was a case of hard luck with left it's a somebody else she obviously didn't sound terribly happy pink floyd she lived in a hospital for a very long time in he was very ill money does not make you happy but is a friend of mine said no but it bloody well helps

[@pixiestyx1766]

If you read up on her you will find that 98% of her “relatives” (distant cousins) had never even met her let alone visited her. The last to visit her was in 1957! The housekeeper/nurse mentioned in this article was employed for decades by Ms. Clark. Apparently they had a very close working relationship. She was with Ms. Clark when she passed away. There are wonderful videos available on youtube and multiple articles available on the net. I wish someone would make a movie about her. She was a very talented woman.

[@donaldwarriner1640]

The news stories after Huegette's death are as gripping as any mystery of Agatha Christie's. Oddly there was little to no communication with her family as she was a recluse for so long. But as I don't think anyone imagined an attending nurse would get what she got and, I believe, she was treated more than generously for not being charged with anything. As for the two lawyers? They are a chapter each dripping with greasily details of their own.

[@christineroberts4018]

Yes I did read the story and the new will was null and void

[@chrislastnam6822]

I think they were Mr Clark's grandchildren, not distant relatives.​@@pixiestyx1766

[@chrislastnam6822]

Your post is jibberish

[@chrislastnam6822]

My favorite piece is the pink diamond.

[@thomasmorrison3794]

And I get my picture frames at Home Goods!

[@BOEHHO89]

I bet she paid retail for all that .

[@nandogranested1389]

I bet she didn't care!

[@khriskapone]

HER DAD WAS THE OUTLAW JESSE JAMES

[@willyummiest]

A sad woman . . . . .

[@eduardbrutsch3984]

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