USA: DIAMOND NECKLACE WORN BY NICOLE KIDMAN IN THE FILM "MOULIN ROUGE" GOES ON DISPLAY AT CHRISTIE'S PRIOR TO OCTOBER AUCTION

Record ID: 860931

  • Title: USA: DIAMOND NECKLACE WORN BY NICOLE KIDMAN IN THE FILM "MOULIN ROUGE" GOES ON DISPLAY AT CHRISTIE'S PRIOR TO OCTOBER AUCTION
  • Date: 17th August 2001
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, (AUGUST 17, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) WIDE OF EXTERIOR OF CHRISTIE'S NEW YORK SCU CHRISTIES SIGN VARIOUS, DIAMOND NECKPIECE ON DISPLAY (4 SHOTS) SCU (SOUNDBITE) (English) SIMON TEAKLE, HEAD OF JEWELLERY DEPARTMENT, CHRISTIE'S, SAYING, "To start with, you have an extraordinary piece of jewellery. Then, once you combine the association of Nicole Kidman and Hollywood and the film Moulin Rouge, its got a lot of romance and I think a lot of sex appeal that makes it very interesting."
  • Embargoed: 1st September 2001 13:00
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  • Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES AND UNIDENTIFIED LOCATIONS
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  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Entertainment,Quirky,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
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  • Story Text: An extravagent neckpiece worn by Nicole Kidman in "Moulin Rouge" could fetch as much as one million dollars when it is sold by Christie's in October.
    A necklace, worn by movie star Nicole Kidman, is expected to be the star of Christie's fall jewellery sale.
    Kidman wore the extravagent neckpiece in Baz Luhrmann's "Moulin Rouge".
    Simon Teakle, head of jewellery department at Christie's said that the piece is appealing on several levels. Teakle said, "To start with, you have an extraordinary piece of jewellery. Then, once you combine the association of Nicole Kidman and Hollywood and the film Moulin Rouge, its got a lot of romance and I think a lot of sex appeal that makes it very interesting."
    With an estimate of $700,000 to $1,000,000, the neckpiece was created with 1,308 diamonds totaling over 137 carats along an intricate framework fashioned in the spirit of the "Moulin Rouge" era style by Australian jewellery designer Stefano Canturi.
    The neckpiece was named after the character for whom the piece was created for, "Satine" is regarded by some as the most valuable pice of jewellery ever designed and created especially to feature in a motion picture. Taking four months to complete, the neckpiece flows from the height of the neck to the decolletage, the diamonds resting within an intricate framework.
    After one month of research, Canturi abandoned modern workshop methods and utilized 100-year-old jewellery-crafting techniques to create this object of art.
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