Auction house Christies will be auctioning the collection of Mrs Lily Safra on May 14th 2012 with the benefits to go to twenty institutions. The sale will include one of the largest single owner collections of jewels by JAR, including an extraordinary ruby and diamond camellia flower brooch that was specially commissioned.

The Christies auction will take place at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva Switzerland on 14th May 2012. The auction house has been entrusted with the sale of some of the very best luxury jewels from the stunning collection of Lily Safra. The proceedings from the auction will be donated to twenty charitable institutions. Mrs Safra is regarded as a major philanthropist and is also a discerning connoisseur of some of the very best jewelry in the world. The collection reflects here excellent taste throughout more than five decades, from the 70s to the present.
In total the auction will have twenty lots with the luxury collection of Mrs Safra being estimated to realize more than $20 million. The collection on auction will include some of the very best diamonds, rubies and sapphires along with one of the finest arrays of antique and period jewels.

A special section of the auction has been dedicated to jewels from JAR with the majority of them being made specifically for Mrs. Safra by the jeweler during the 80s and in this past decade. The auction will showcase 18 of the very best pieces and this is one of the largest collections of pieces of jewelry from JAR ever to be put to auction.

The international head of the jewelry department said that this was a sublime collection of more than 70 luxury rare jewels, all of which comprise the very best in style and period. The auction will attract the attention of lovers of fine jewels from around the world and is bound to create a sensation. The proceeds from the sale will then be shared over twenty charitable institutions, all of which have been hand picked by Mrs Safra.

Mrs Safra is following in her husbands philanthropic footsteps. Me Edmond J Safra, one of the most accomplished bankers and founder of the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation. Mrs Safra has chaired the foundation since 2000 and supports many hundreds of projects in more than 40 countries all of which are related to education, science, medicine, culture, religion and humanitarian relief. Mrs Safra is a passionate collector of some of the very best jewels and art. She has provided assistance to institutions around the world. On behalf of all the charitable associations her generosity will help, we thank her.

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