Pieces from Diamonds are Forever singer’s collection will be exhibited by Sotheby’s London before being auctioned for charity in Paris
is to auction some of her extensive and “meaningful” jewellery collection, including a diamond ring given to her by Elton John.
The 87-year-old famously sang about diamonds in the 1971 James Bond film starring Sean Connery and said she accepted the offer to sing the track as the lyrics “rang true to me and the way I felt about diamonds then and now.”“Collecting jewellery for me is like collecting memories and this collection is full of them,” Bassey said. “All the pieces are meaningful and have a story to tell, whether I bought them for myself or they were gifted to me.
Bassey said she fell in love with jewellery “as an up-and-coming singer and I bought myself my first string of pearls – the first piece of jewellery I’d ever bought.”
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Happy 90th birthday, Shirley MacLaine: her 20 best filmsKooky kid sister, romantic lead, comic turn, cantankerous old dame … we pick out her greatest roles
Read more »
Sunday with Shirley Manson: ‘I impersonate my mother by making a chicken dinner’The Garbage singer talks about church in childhood, her need to enjoy life and her favourite arty amusement park
Read more »
Scientists measure the sands of time to age Shirley the diprotodon fossilJust over a decade ago, an outback cattle station worker in the NT stumbled across a rare diprotodon fossil sticking out of the red soil. Now fondly known as Shirley, scientists have discovered how old the marsupial is.
Read more »
The letters between two great writers revealing their hidden storiesYears of correspondence between Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower reveal much about their unusual friendship.
Read more »
The letters between two great writers revealing their hidden storiesYears of correspondence between Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower reveal much about their unusual friendship.
Read more »
The letters between two great writers revealing their hidden storiesYears of correspondence between Shirley Hazzard and Elizabeth Harrower reveal much about their unusual friendship.
Read more »