costume jewelry worn by hollywood\'s golden age stars up for auction
by:Keke Jewelry
2020-05-12
LOS ANGELES (Reuters)-
From the coral necklace Feen Li wore in Gone with the wind, to the Golden and pearl earrings Marilyn Monroe wore in gentlemen like blonde beauty, \"sparkling decorations made for Hollywood stars will be auctioned this year.
About 700 pieces of gorgeous costume jewelry made by Hollywood costume jeweler Eugene Joseph will be on sale in Los Angeles on November at Julian\'s new bridge silverware style icon museum
\"It\'s not like buying a diamond necklace from Cartier, you actually have a Hollywood souvenir,\" says Isabel Young, a jewelry expert at Julian\'s . \".
The auction house has not yet valued the jewellery.
Jewelry generally does not contain precious stones and metal.
Joseph, in the early days of the Golden Age of Hollywood films, 1930 and 1940 customized jewelry for major film studios, lent out these things so that he kept most of his collection.
The jeweler died in a plane crash in the 1940 s, and his collection of jewelry has not been auctioned until now.
Ye said Joseph developed a special method of jewelry
This includes plating metal under studio lighting to make it softer, a secret recipe that has been kept in his home all the time.
Highlights of the auction include Clark Gable\'s gold-Carved cigar box in \"Gone With the Wind\" in 1939, and Bette Davis\'s costume Pearl in \"Virgin Queen\" in 1955
From the coral necklace Feen Li wore in Gone with the wind, to the Golden and pearl earrings Marilyn Monroe wore in gentlemen like blonde beauty, \"sparkling decorations made for Hollywood stars will be auctioned this year.
About 700 pieces of gorgeous costume jewelry made by Hollywood costume jeweler Eugene Joseph will be on sale in Los Angeles on November at Julian\'s new bridge silverware style icon museum
\"It\'s not like buying a diamond necklace from Cartier, you actually have a Hollywood souvenir,\" says Isabel Young, a jewelry expert at Julian\'s . \".
The auction house has not yet valued the jewellery.
Jewelry generally does not contain precious stones and metal.
Joseph, in the early days of the Golden Age of Hollywood films, 1930 and 1940 customized jewelry for major film studios, lent out these things so that he kept most of his collection.
The jeweler died in a plane crash in the 1940 s, and his collection of jewelry has not been auctioned until now.
Ye said Joseph developed a special method of jewelry
This includes plating metal under studio lighting to make it softer, a secret recipe that has been kept in his home all the time.
Highlights of the auction include Clark Gable\'s gold-Carved cigar box in \"Gone With the Wind\" in 1939, and Bette Davis\'s costume Pearl in \"Virgin Queen\" in 1955
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