Lot Description: BARBIE, BY STEFANO CANTURI FEATURING A COLORED DIAMOND

“Stefano Canturi was invited by Mattel to create a historical concept to highlight how iconic Barbie has been throughout her 50 years. The result is Barbie by Stefano Canturi, the rarest and most valuable Barbie ever created.”

So begins the catalog teaser for Diamond Barbie to be offered by Christie’s auction house in New York.

“Her blonde hair styled in an updo, wearing an openwork variously-cut diamond collar necklace, centering upon a cut-cornered modified square-cut fancy vivid purplish pink diamond, weighing approximately 1.00 carat, and a diamond ring, to her black strapless party dress and pink peep-toe stilettos
Designed by Stefano Canturi.”

“I wanted the jewelry design to pay homage to Barbie’s modern yet timeless style over the ages” says Stefano Canturi, who applied his Cubism concept to the design of her necklace.”

“SOLD TO BENEFIT THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION”

Now that you can’t live without it, Christie’s makes it simple by allowing you to go online and push PLACE BID on the upper right screen.

ESTIMATE: $300,000 - $500,000.  Ends 20th October, 2010.

This lot is offered without reserve.  What is your little girl’s smile worth to you, Daddy?  Just a keystroke away.