Day two of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor saw The Icon & Her Haute Couture Evening Sale realized $2.6 million, with again 100 percent of the lots sold. This black-tie auction comprised 67 of Taylor’s most iconic looks - featuring fashion and accessories collected over five decades with scores of museum-quality treasures. The sale opened with an announcement that the Elizabeth Taylor Trust would donate Taylor’s sunflower yellow dress from her first marriage to Richard Burton to a major American museum. One of the top lot was this 1968 Christian Dior evening gown sold for $362,500 after several minutes of competetive bidding, which she had worn at the annual ball of the Rothschilds. It went to an American museum.
Her Versace "Liz" jacket sold for $128,500 to an Asian buyer.
An American museum also purchased her Gina Fratini wedding dress, worn at her second marriage to Richard Burton.
