Attended by Cartier jewellers Liz Taylor tries on a beautiful diamond necklace with matching earrings she spotted while window-shopping in Monte Carlo with her third husband Mike Todd. At $500,000, the necklace was beyond Todd’s budget, but the earrings were her consolation prize. Monte Carlo 1958. - Photo by Edward Quinn

Attended by Cartier jewellers Liz Taylor tries on a beautiful diamond necklace with matching earrings she spotted while window-shopping in Monte Carlo with her third husband Mike Todd. At $500,000, the necklace was beyond Todd’s budget, but the earrings were her consolation prize. Monte Carlo 1958.

In a Monte Carlo showroom in 1958, Liz Taylor intently examines a piece of jewelry while attended by a Cartier representative and her third husband, Mike Todd. Taylor had spotted a magnificent diamond necklace and matching earrings while window-shopping. Here, she tries on the set, but at $500,000, the necklace was beyond Todd’s budget. She would leave with the earrings as a consolation prize.


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