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 an elegantly furnished room in Monte Carlo, 1958, Elizabeth Taylor holds a large bouquet while conversing with her third husband, Mike Todd, and a representative from Cartier. The meeting occurred after Taylor had spotted a diamond necklace and matching earrings while window-shopping. While the $500,000 necklace was beyond Todd’s budget, he purchased the earrings for her as a consolation prize.

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