Christie's sells Elizabeth Taylor collection for $183M

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Christie's sells Elizabeth Taylor collection for $183M

The Associated Press Published Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:17AM EST

La Peregrina, left, a Natural Pearl, Diamond and Ruby necklace by Cartier, and a pair of Natural Pearl and Diamond ear pendants by Bulgari are on display during a preview of the full Collection of Elizabeth Taylor at Christie's, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 in New York.

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LONDON - Paintings, jewelry and fashions belonging to the late Elizabeth Taylor have sold for more than $183 million.

Christie's auction house says all of the 1,817 lots offered sold at auctions in New York and London, some at 50 times their pre-sale estimates.

The top lot was Vincent van Gogh's landscape "Vue de l'asile et de la Chapelle de Remy," which once hung in Taylor's Bel Air home. It sold for 10.1 million pounds ($16 million), including the buyer's premium.

Hollywood legend Taylor died in March aged 79, and Christie's has been selling her belongings in a series of auctions. New York sales of jewelry, fashion and memorabilia in December raised more than $156 million.

A sale of 38 paintings in London on Tuesday and Wednesday raised 15.6 million pounds ($24.6 million).