Imelda Marcos Jewelry to be Auctioned (amazing pieces)

[fouroclock]

That must suck (and I'm not talking about the jewelry and Kimora Lee Simmons). Her husband worked so hard to steal that money so he could buy her jewelry, and it was going to be auctioned by the government that overthrew her?

*Anyway, I'm full Filipino, and my dad was around when the Marcoses ruled, tiara and everything.

 

[Sephora_Socialite]

^ Hey, salamat for that...it made me laugh.

They're not the only ones...other people in government there...Oy vey....I'm related to someone in government there and I swear...overt extravagance its sickening

 

[fashionysta]

fouroclock: maybe that's what you call karma? I'm a Filipino too, well Filipina to be exact. I just hope the money from the auction won't go to waste... ahem ahem

 

[webdiva888]

Hey folks, I put up a photo in my CP but it's not showing up..any suggestions??

 

[chanelchick]

I've met Imelda myself when I was little (8 or 9), in her house. When you stand next to her, you think she's royalty. She really does have gracefulness, class, and elegance going for her. All I have to say, you can't judge a person unless you meet them face to face.

 

[webdiva888]

I have met her as an adult and I can tell you that she is living in LULU Land. A child doesn't have a very good perspective on reality. I am glad you enjoyed that experience as a child...but as an adult.....I am afraid her mind is bent. There you have it

 

[*Happiness*]

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To many people, the flamboyant wife of former President Ferdinand Marcos is best known for the more than 1200 pairs of shoes she left behind in Manila's Malacanang Place when she and her husband fled to Hawaii in 1986. But Imelda Marcos also had an appetite for jewelry.

That number seems low to me for some reason. 1200? But i guess back in the 80s that was alot of pairs of shoes.

 

[tott]

Hey, it's still quite a lot more than "normal" everyday people own...

 

[Rich10]

omg I found out the jewelry is like 8 billion dollors or more than men I saw it in news men it's pretty god damn big it's so big dude I can't even believe it' I felt like i found a treasure. there's a lot too. I'm really shocked it's like the biggest jewelry's I've ever seen
but before for imelda those jewelry is like ! dollor for her. men those jewelry worth like billion dollors

 

[webdiva888]

Well they said it's 8 Billion Peson...about $150 million dollars..just in jewelry...and she got away with a lot more I can tell you!!!

 

[Constance]

That number seems low to me for some reason. 1200? But i guess back in the 80s that was alot of pairs of shoes

i thought it was supposedly 3000 pairs? i'm think that not a few women have actually owned 3000 pairs in their lifetime.

love of shoes is definitely not exclusive to imelda!!

 

[Constance]

Well they said it's 8 Billion Peson...about $150 million dollars..just in jewelry...and she got away with a lot more I can tell you!!!

that much???!!! $150 million... whoa?! i think that might be exagerrated. in my estimate (based on djl website pics), around $20-25 million.

 

[blackrose]

^ Some jewels are not shown in the pictures, they will also auction some shoes and dresses of the Ex-First Lady.

 

[kinkexplosion]

wow.. I can't believe... she would spend that much on jewelry given... everything. I watched Imelda's documentary on PBS and she is definately a charachter.. I don't believe she is an evil woman.. but IMO she had/has her head in the clouds..

I'm half filipino btw

Whoah! Im Filipino =) I love your Icon =)

 

[shadow]

When you tour around the Place Vendome and see the impossibly elaborated necklaces with stones like nuts you wonder...who would buy these? Well, if it were not for the Imeldas of this world and other millionaire women mainly of the middle East, the Cartiers, Van Cleef, Boucheron and Buccellattis and Repossis would have to close shop. Caroline of Monaco get to wear the big parures... on loan!

 

[styleicon]

The Christie's auction that did not happen

Quote from gmannews.tv:
‘Imeldific’
“You have to be some kind of light, a star to give them guidelines."

This was former First Lady Imelda Marcos' justification for her fabled extravagance: it was her duty to inspire Filipinos, especially the poor.

Her 3,000 pairs of shoes and gem collection are only some of the lavish possessions that earned her a now infamous "Imeldific" that refers to an ostentatious lifestyle.

The PCGG has classified her jewelry collections into three:.

The Malacañang set

This collection consists of pieces of jewelry found in her private chambers in the Palace after the Marcoses fled into exile in Hawaii. Little information is available about the Malacañang collection, except that it is included in Civil Case No. 141. The government claims that the items are among the pieces of property, which should be forfeited in the name of the Philippine Republic.

The Hawaii set

This collection was seized by United States customs authorities after the Marcos family set foot in Hawaii in 1986. The US government subsequently turned over the jewelry to the Philippine government. Among the items in the set are tiaras that, according to Mrs. Marcos, were previously owned by royal families. The former First Lady said some of the jewels were bought in Russia and were intended for religious images like the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Sto. Niño.

An officer of the PCGG shows a diamond-and-south sea-pearl-studded tiara, one of the jewels seized from Imelda Marcos. - AP



PCGG director for legal affairs Jay Miguel said the collection is now conclusively owned by the government pursuant to the settlement agreement executed by and between and former PCGG chair of PCGG David Castro, confirmed by the District Court to Hawaii.

* Note: The Malacañang and Hawaii sets are hidden in vaults at the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas for safekeeping.

The Roumeliotes set

Said to be the most expensive among the three collections, the Roumeliotes set was confiscated by Philippine customs officials from Greek national Demetriou Roumeliotes shortly after the Marcos family fled to Hawaii. He was supposedly attempting to whisk the 60-piece gems from the Philippines and take them to Mrs. Marcos.

The former first lady denied ownership of the jewels but investigations and court cases subsequently showed the 60-piece loot was hers.

The set is currently with the Bureau of Customs because the jewels were seized pursuant to the tariffs and customs code, according to the PCGG. - GMANews.TV

Also included in the proposed Christie's sale (below) are an emerald brooch owned by Catherine the Great of Russia and a diamond ring that once belonged to the former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos. The Emperor Maximilian Diamond is 39.55 carats and the Catherine the Great Emerald and Diamond Brooch, set with a Colombian emerald is over 60 carats!!!!

more jewel photos here: http://djl.net/jewels/ and video:

http://www.gmanews.tv/largevideo/latest/60776/boc-plans-to-auction-imelda-marcos-jewelry

photos from sikhspectrum.com, lisawallerrogers.wordpress.com, blogdiamonds.blogspot, getty images, christies.com, njn.typepad.com,

 

[khyrk]

I bet she was able to save some for herself. Nice to see a lot of Pinoys post in this thread that I'm not familiar with.

 

[gimmethatbag]

Wow. Now would be a good time to win the lottery or have a billionaire great-aunt kick the bucket, eh?