What jewels have the historic stars of Hollywood bought and donated? Journalist Beth Bernstein is one of the lucky few to work with what is her passion: jewelry.
Beth Bernstein, an American, is also a consultant and expert in the world of gem and jewelry design. And in many years of her career, she has collected not only images and accumulated experience but also a series of stories, between the anecdote and the biographical note that she decided to tell in a book, published some time ago.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton
While Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton were filming a movie in Rome, the actress suspected the couple was flirting with Sophia Loren. Also, Liz had to undergo urgent appendicitis surgery. Burton was then presented with a heart-shaped, pavé diamond pendant from Van Cleef & Arpels, which soon became one of his favorite pieces because Richard gave it so much love.
Grace Kelly
In the movie High Society, Bing Crosby looks at an engagement ring from his ex-wife (on-screen) Grace Kelly. "She's a beautiful stone, Sam," he tells his fiancée, John Lund. "Do you have a solitaire of mine, George?" The ring you see in the movie is set with a 10.47-carat emerald-cut diamond from Cartier and is the engagement ring given to Grace Kelly by Prince Rainier III (we talk about it here). But what most people don't know about this ring is that it was the second engagement ring for the prince. The first was a ruby with diamonds, but the prince discovered that it would not be enough to win Grace's heart.
