most expensive Barbie world's most expensive Barbie

most expensive Barbie world's most expensive Barbie

Barbie world's most expensive, a Barbie wearing a necklace made with a diamond became the world's most expensive, selling for $ 302,500 in the New York headquarters of Christie's, which also won a ring for more than $ 15 million .

The auction house said Wednesday that the figure reached by the popular blonde doll beats the world record for a Barbie, which until now held the 'Barbie in Midnight Red', sold by the same auction house in 2006 for $ 17,091 .

"It is a feminine symbol, a very strong symbol and a big name that everyone knows," he told Efe the director of jewelry at Christie's, Rahul Kadakia, who gave no details of the buyer, but said that the proceeds of sale will go to the Foundation for Breast Cancer Research.

This issue "only" has been created by jeweler Canturia Australian Stefano, who spent four weeks to make the style of the wrist personally choosing your hairstyle, clothing, nail polish, and last, the necklace, which has a diamond of a carat pink.

To Kadakia, the previous record set on Wednesday was somewhat expected because "everyone wants to Barbie and everyone loves diamonds. It's a great combination. "

The jewel created for that Barbie, who was seen for the first time in public last September at Fashion Week in New York, has been made in diamonds and baguette-cut bob style reminiscent of cubism painting, said the auction house.

The purple diamond is at the center of the necklace is one of the main attractions of this Barbie because, as noted by the firm, each day there are more collectors who demand that kind of precious stones in saturated colors.

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