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If you got a copy of today's NY Times, there's no way you could have resisted reading the Styles section story about Ellen Barkin. Not only was there a big headline ("Ellen Unloads") and big photograph of her, there were photos of jewelry accumulated during her marriage to Ron Perelman - jewelry that will be auctioned at Christie's New York on October 10. And it's some decadent stuff. We looked up the auction on the Christie's website, where we learned that sometimes necklaces are called sautoirs and that Ron Perelman must be many a jeweler's friend (apparently Ron loved to buy diamonds rings). The "Magnificent Jewels from the Collection of Ellen Barkin" is expected to bring in $10-15 million, and Barkin tells the Times she's using proceeds to fund her own film production company. Now we understand the discrepancy in her post-divorce settlement numbers.
While Ellen Barkin is hot stuff, she is no match for the Star Trek auction at Christie's next month. To view items like a replica of the Starship Enterprise bridge at Christie's starting September 30, you need a "Star Pass" ($25) or a catalogue.
Photograph of Ellen Barkin's emerald and diamond ring by JAR from Christie's; estimate: $80,000-120,000
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man it's a good thing we have guys like ron perelman demonstrating the sanctity of the institution of marriage. this is exactly why we NEED a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. thank you ron perelman. thank you zsa zsa gabor!
I preferred the NYT story about the guy wandering subway platforms recording sounds for a super-realistic Lionel NYC Subway train set:
The idea of having such a train set in my apartment strikes me as hilarious. But Neil Young, with his minority interest in Lionel and the inventor of the audio system that makes such verite possible just gets cooler every day.
Dave, I'm working a post about the Lionel train stuff... you have no idea how wild the world of model train hobbyists is.
Jen, if you have too good an idea, I'm going to start to worry about you. A friend has an HO-scale model train still in the box. She calls it her "Ho-Train."
Just FYI, here's what a sautoir is: they are longer necklaces (they usually fall to the ribcage) that are shaped like a V and have some sort of a pendant at the bottom. They gained widespread popularity in the 20s and the most valuable ones are often Deco-style. Sorry, but the geeky jewelry girl just wanted to clarify!
Enjoy the collection while listening to Julie Andrews sing My Favorite Things
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUTidGVteLY