1/18The queen of Oscars bling, Elizabeth Taylor (holding an Oscar she won for the film ‘Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf’) auctioned off her famous Bulgari 23.44-carat emerald necklace at Christies. It fetched almost $25 million. Picture: Getty
Academy Awards’ most expensive jewellery
JAWDROPPING and iconic pieces have glittered on the red carpet throughout Oscar’s history. Check out some of the most expensive pieces ever.
2/18Titanically-proportioned: Harry Winston’s 15-carat blue diamond ‘heart of the ocean’ was worn by Oscar-nominee Gloria Stuart at the 1998 Oscars. The blue sparkler is worth around $20 million. Picture: WireImage
3/18In 2014 Cate Blanchett’s opal and white gold Chopard earrings, along with a diamond ring and bracelet, cost $18 million. Picture: Getty
4/18Charlize Theron wore Harry Winston jewels totalling $15 million to the 2014 Oscars. Picture: Getty
5/18Sadly Anne Hathaway’s jewells outshone her 2011 turn as Oscars host. The award-winning actress arrives wearing a necklace and earring set worth around $US 10 million made by Tiffany Co. Picture: Getty
6/18Angelina Jolie was the $10 million dollar woman at the Oscars in 2004 with this stunning diamond necklace by Harry Winston. Picture: Getty
7/18Margot Robbie was sultry and stunning at the 2014 Oscars wearing a jaw-dropping set of diamond jewells designed by Forevermark work around $8 million. Picture: Getty
8/18Nicole Kidman’s L’Wren Scott diamond masterpiece cascaded down the Aussie beauty’s decolletage at the 2008 Oscars. Worth a reported $US7 million it was handcrafted and custom-made for Kidman’s turn along the red carpet. Picture: Getty
9/18Best Actress winner Halle Berry holds her Oscar statuette backstage at the 74th Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Ca., March 24, 2002. Picture: Getty
10/18Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were known for their tumultuous love-affair as well as Burton’s generosity when it came to diamonds. Taylor’s 69-carat pear-shaped sparkler she wore to the 1970 Oscars was auctioned for $US5 million in 1978 to build a hospital in Botswana. Picture: Getty
11/18Charlize Theron didn’t need to bother with a necklace as she arrived at the Oscars in 2013. The award-winning star instead rocked diamond cuffs with her Christian Dior Haute Couture worth around $4.5 million. Picture: Getty
12/18Jennifer Lawrence arrives at the 2014 Oscars dripping in around $3.5 million worth of jewellery designed by Neil Lane: 100-carat necklace – $2 million, 10-carat diamond stud earrings – around $500,000 and finishing that off with a diamond and platinum ring – $1 million. Pictures: Getty
13/18Kate Winslet arrived at the 2010 Oscars wearing an enormous and rare yellow diamond and matching earrings made by legendary jeweller Tiffany Co worth around $3.5 million. Picture: Getty
14/18Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt rocked the Oscars in 2009 with more than each other as bling. Jolie’s incredible 115-carat Lorraine Schwartz Colomian emerald drop earrings and matching 65-carat ring worth a whopping $2.5 million sparkled almost as much as the star couple. Picture: Getty
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