Thursday, September 21, 2006

I know several girls who will get aroused just READING the description of this jewelry

There was a little tease in the Times today promoting a story inside about the actress Ellen Barkin, with the tease saying she was putting $15 million worth of jewerly up for auction at Christie's. My first thought was: how the hell does she have $15 million worth of jewelry? She hasn't been in a hit movie in ages.

But, as the story reminded me, of course, it is the extravagant jewelry that (ex-husband Ron) Perelman lavished on her, having decided to part with more than 100 pieces valued at $15 million — a symbolic and literal purging of the union.


“These are just not memories I want to wear out every day,’’ Ms. Barkin said.

The trove, to be sold at Christie’s in Rockefeller Center on Oct. 10, includes a 32-carat apricot diamond ring that Mr. Perelman, who is the chairman of Revlon, gave Ms. Barkin weeks before their divorce; a pair of emerald and gold cuffs designed for the Duchess of Windsor, valued at up to $80,000; an emerald necklace that once belonged to Doris Duke that could fetch as much as $350,000; and a selection of pieces by the cult Parisian jeweler JAR. Only 80 to 90 JAR creations are produced each year, said François Curiel, the chairman of Christie’s Europe. “When you have 17 pieces of JAR in an auction, it’s an event.’’

And it once again convinced me: I need a sugar mommy. I won't even ask for $15 million worth of jewelry. I'm not a jewelry person at all, actually, no rings, don't wear a watch even.

But, real estate. Now $15 million worth of real estate. That I could get into.

Filthy rich girls, you can send applications via email and we'll go from there.

Thank you.

12 comments:

darling said...

:) I hope you were able to get mad amounts of offers! lol

Anonymous said...

Hehe - but the ones you get will looko like a female version of Ron Perelman - eww!

Anonymous said...

The sad thing is I think she really loved him. I don't know what that divorce was all about, but he seems like a dick.

Not a hipster said...

Yeah...but a dick that gives $15 million worth of jewelry! :)

Anonymous said...

LOL yep not a hipster, for %15 million of jewelery I could probably put up with a guy being a dick. I normally get them anyway and they have never given me $15 mil. :)

Not a hipster said...

I've gotten my share of dick, and--wait....

...that didn't sound so good.

I've dated many dicks--wait, not that either.

I've never gotten $15 mil in jewelry. And I've dated some huge dicks...it never sounds quite right.

Anonymous said...

Okay, there's nothing wrong with dick, Not A Hipster, I love it heh - it's when the guy is being a dick! :) How did this conversation start? I cant even remember! lol

Anonymous said...

Ah well there's the typical female grubbing for goodies but jbk you're doing the same looking for a sugar "mommy." That's sick.

Anonymous said...

Memphis red - I think it was jill g who said Ron Pereleman seemed like a dick!:) And she's probably right from what I always read about him!

Not a hipster said...

Wow, anonymous really pegged us, huh? hahaha

Anonymous said...

Why do I get the feeling that "anonymous" doesn't like anyone enjoying dick? Just a thought....

Anonymous said...

Ellen Barkin doesn't want to wear them out every day!!! Hell, I will w/o a problem :)

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