The legendary actress wore the Jarretiere bracelet to the Academy Awards and in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Stage Fright.'
sold at a Christie’s sale, titled “The Magnificent Jewels of Anne Eisenhower,” in New York on June 7 for $4.5 million.
The actress commissioned the bracelet from the jeweler in 1937 and wore it to the 1951 Academy Awards and in Alfred Hitchcock’s filmfrom Tiffany & Co. and Cartier. Dietrich’s bracelet sold for the highest price. “This bracelet is legendary in a lot of ways,” said Claibourne Poindexter, vp and jewelry specialist at Christie’s, when the auction was first announced in March. “It was one of [Dietrich’s] favorite pieces of jewelry. It’s bold. It’s very large in scale and has a wonderful curvature. She wore it so beautifully in, an Alfred Hitchcock film from 1950, and you get this appreciation for how sculptural the design is. It doesn’t really fit into any period. It’s not art deco jewelry.
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