For the first time, rare items from the personal collection of Barbara and Frank Sinatra are up for auction.
A sample of the couple’s fine art, decorative art, and furniture they collected during their lifetime together, as well as Barbara’s dazzling personal collection of jewelry and accessories have been showcased in Los Angeles.
Highlights include the 20.5 carat diamond engagement ring the singer gave Barbara. The ring is estimated to sell for between $1 million and $1.5 million.
Barbara Sinatra was the fourth wife of the man famously known as Ol’ Blue Eyes and the Chairman of the Board. Born Barbara Blakely, she was a former model and Las Vegas showgirl who married the famed singer and actor in 1976. She had been married to him for 22 years when he died of a heart attack in 1998 at 82 years of age. She had previously been married to Zeppo Marx, the youngest of the Marx Brothers comedy team.
The Lady Blue Eyes: Property of Barbara and Frank Sinatra and Magnificent Jewels auctions, executed by Sotheby’s, will take place in New York on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, and Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, respectively.
