Doris Duke

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The Jewelry

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The ring. A rectangular cut diamond weighing approx. 19.72 carats mounted on platinum, circa 1920, originally belonging to Doris’ mother Nanaline Duke (est. $800,000 to $1.2 million).

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Daddy’s diamonds. James B. Duke purchased this necklace from Cartier on 24 December 1908 for 18,500 fr. Mr. Duke collaborated with Cartier and supplied some of the diamonds (est. $800,000 to $1.2 million).[/FONT]

 

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Purchased from Fulco Verdura in 1940. Verdura had purchased a set of 18th-century Indian ivory chesspieces and made them into bejeweled brooches, which Duke bought for $400 (est. $8,000 to $10,000).

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] With Jack Hearst (left) and her first husband James Cromwell at the Burlesque Ball at the Waldorf in 1937.[/FONT]

 

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Doris and two of her favorite pals at the Pan Am dock in Oahu in 1937. [/FONT]

 

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The forty-one-year-old Richest Girl in the World at Duke Farms during the Second World War.[/FONT]

 

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The 65-year-old heiress wearing a pair of diamond and cultured pearl ear pendants by David Webb (est. $30,000 to $40,000) with Steve Rubell and Martha Graham at Studio 54 in Manhattan in 1978[/FONT]

 

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Another piece from her collection

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Citrine and Gold necklace by Fulco Verdura (est. $2,000 to $3,000).[/FONT]

 

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Doris Duke's jewellery collection was amazing!

James Cromwell (R), Doris Duke and Frank Murphy (L) attending Jackson Day dinner.
Location: Washington, DC, US
Date taken: 1940
Photographer: Thomas D. Mcavoy

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