CHRISTIE'S TO SELL ICONIC JAR EAR PENDENTS

CHRISTIE'S RECENTLY ANNOUNCED A SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT OF ITS 20.OCTOBER JEWELS SALE IN NEW YORK: AN ICONIC PAIR OF EAR PENDENTS BY JOEL ROSENTHAL, THE CELEBRATED CONTEMPORARY DESIGNER WHO GOES BY THE SIMPLE MONIKER OF JAR. THE EARRINGS, ESTIMATED AT $300,000-500,000, WERE CUT AND DESIGNED FOR THE AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS ELLEN BARKIN AND FEATURED IN HER LANDMARK COLLECTION SALE AT CHRISTIE'S IN OCTOBER 2006 AS PART OF GROUP OF 17 JAR CREATIONS, THE LARGEST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT GROUP EVER TO BE AUCTIONED. THE SALE, WHICH ACHIEVED OVER $20 MILLION TOTAL, REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST TALKED ABOUT EVENTS IN JEWELRY AUCTION HISTORY. A SPOKESPERSON FOR CHRISTIE'S SAID: 'WE ARE PROUD TO RE-OFFER THESE ICONIC EAR PENDENTS THAT CAPTURED SO MUCH ATTENTION FROM COLLECTORS AND MEDIA AROUND THE WORLD WHEN THEY WERE FIRST SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S JUST FOUR YEARS AGO. WHENEVER JAR CREATIONS COME UP FOR AUCTION THEY ARE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS, WHO VALUE THEIR EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY, EXCLUSIVITY AND METICULOUS CRAFTSMANSHIP. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR JOEL ROSENTHAL TO SPEND MONTHS OR EVEN YEARS SEARCHING FOR THE PERFECT GEM TO FIT ONE OF HIS UNIQUE CREATIONS, AND THESE RARE TOPAZ STONES WITH THEIR UNUSUAL TOUCH OF RED ARE THE PERFECT FIT FOR THIS STUNNING DESIGN.' MEASURING 2¾ INCHES LONG AND ONE INCH AT THEIR WIDEST POINT, EACH EAR PENDENT IS SET WITH ELONGATED OVAL-CUT IMPERIAL TOPAZ AND ACCENTED WITH A CIRCULAR-CUT DIAMOND SURROUND ENHANCED BY CIRCULAR-CUT RUBY CLUSTERS. THE DIAMOND SET LINK AND HOOP ARE MOUNTED IN SILVER AND 18 CARAT ROSE GOLD. BARKIN FAMOUSLY WORE THE EAR PENDENTS ON THE NIGHT OF THE OSCARS IN 2005, COORDINATING THEM WITH A STUNNING ORANGE HUED GOWN.