11 novembre 2015

Claudia Cardinale, Vogue, March 15, 1962. Photo Bert Stern

Bert Stern, 1961. Photo Irving Penn

 Jennifer O’Neill in two-piece dress by Givenchy, Vogue, Nov 1964. Photo Bert Stern

Walter Chiari and Monique Chevalier, Vogue, April 15 1962. Photo Bert Stern

Anouk Aimée, 1965, Vogue. Photo Bert Stern.

Anouk Aimée, Fellini, 8 ½, 1963. Photo Paul Ronald

Marcello Mastroianni. Fellini, 8 ½,  1963. Photo Paul Ronald

After decades of dividing his time between Rome and Ravello, Gore Vidal has moved permanently into La Rondinaia, his villa in Ravello. From a terrace on one of the villa’s five levels, the view encompasses a new larger terrace and observation post on the second level, and a hillside of terraced gardens that descends to the Amalfi Coast. Built into a cliff face some 1,000 feet above the Gulf of Salerno, the Mediterranean-style villa, seen from its western side, has arched windows and a minaret-like tiled chimney. A pair of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 513. 'The Blue Moon'. An exceptional 12.03 carats Fancy Vivid Blue diamond ring. Estimate 34,200,000 — 53,700,000 CHF. Lot sold 48,634,000 CHF. WORLD AUCTION RECORD PRICE-PER-CARAT FOR A DIAMOND OR GEMSTONE. Photo Sotheby's 2015 The cushion-shaped fancy vivid blue diamond weighing 12.03 carats, mounted as a ring, size 471/2.  Accompanied by GIA report no. 1162555606, stating that the diamond is Fancy Vivid Blue, Natural Colour, Internally Flawless, together with a Type IIb... [Lire la suite]