Elizabeth Taylor's art, jewels and clothes sell for £120m A group of 13 paintings by British artist Augustus John sold for a total of £192,825. All figures included buyer's premium. Marc Porter, chairman of Christie's Americas said: "It has been an incredible honour for Christie's to present this storied collection to the global collecting community. From our initial announcement of the collection sales last summer in New York, to the worldwide tour of the collection highlights last fall, to the last rap of the auctioneer's gavel today in London, the global outpouring of affection and admiration for Elizabeth Taylor from fans and collectors alike has been amazing for us to witness. We are grateful to the trustees of her estate for entrusting Christie's with this one-of-a-kind collection, which will go down in history as one of the most successful private collection sales ever presented at auction. Last December, Christie's New York sold Taylor's collections of jewellery, fashion, decorative arts and memorabilia in a four-day marathon auction series. The paintings by Van Gogh, Edgar Degas and Claude Pissarro fetched a combined £13,787,750 at the Christie's sale, more than double their pre-sale low estimate of £6.2 million. Taylor's Van Gogh, titled Vue de l'asile et de la Chapelle de Saint-Remy, shows a view of the asylum where the artist spent his last months. Taylor's father, the art dealer Francis Taylor, had bought the painting on her behalf at auction in 1963 for £92,000.