Barbara Hutton was staying at The Waldorf-Astoria back in the day. She took a liking and a shine to an operator's telephone voice and asked her what she'd like as a gift. The operator replied in a very glib voice: "Oh, a sable coat". The next day, a sable coat arrived and was delivered to the telephone room.
They also sued her for non-payment of her bill! She died with only $3,500 in the bank. Her estimated worth at one time of $42 million would be $750 million in today’s money. Sadly, she never found true love or happiness and her over-spending, including being quite generous; led to her being nearly bankrupt.
amazing performance by Farrah, she captured the fragile and lost sadness in her eyes and the hopelessness of having all the material wealth known to man but never finding happiness...
And to think she died with only $3,500 in the bank! I think most of her jewelry was stolen from her over the years. The biography of her life was so sad!
It’s so sad when children get left money they have no idea how to manage. They end up with nothing so soon. The loss of her mother at an early age And the horrid relationships she had with men including her father show us that the age of denying mental illness and mental health needs wreaked havoc on many many lives.
Does it matter? She was a philanthropist, but she was adored, blood diamonds, from the suffering of many African men! But who cares? Look how beautiful they are, right?
@@totukimou You could use that definition to describe the jewels of countless rich, famous women, such as Elizabeth Taylor to the late Queen Elizabeth II of England! It does not make Barbara an unkind or bad person, in fact she give millions to charity and helped countless people during her lifetime.
Plus living proof... Money can't buy you love or happiness The Best things in life are always free..family ,friends, health, sunsets...sunrises...good food good wine...good God..Thank you for our time ...being alive... 🌈🌴💕
Wouldn't say that, imagine how unhappy she would have been without the money. It's up to you to make the best out of it. Don't glorify the poor. Telling them to be satisfied with their status.
Its something bout that jade bracelet that I makes me love/want it. So many beautiful pieces of jewelry and unique (and expensive). She had good taste in it. Ashame the men she was involved with did her wrong. If only she married/loved the right one(s) she would have had a better life. Sad what she turned to instead...drinking and drugs. Then the loss of her son. Like her jewelry she was a very beautiful woman.
@@mylanto4138 Barbara, give millions of dollars to charity! She set up many educational grants that educated thousands of young people across the World! You must know very little about her to make such remarks. Thank you
Was she generous? I heard she wasn’t charitable. Have I misheard? I don’t have much sympathy for her as she had every advantage and only pursued pleasure.
@@pauldaignault4506 She was very generous Miss Hutton gave to schools during the war she raised so much money at parties that were given. For every donation someone would give she would add 50,000 to it no matter how small the other persons donation was. She gave the U.S military one million for the war. [that was extra on top of the money she raised] She was a very generous woman and the reason she never talked about the money she gave to institutions and universities was this. She said ''why should I tell anyone about my contributions to society people will just say I do it for publicity''. Yes sir you misheard.
Not really. These older-cut diamonds from less advanced countries were poorly executed by European modern standards and they did not sparkle or impress because the design of the cut was not the right one. They also often contained flaws. They are very frequently recut, even today.
I loved Woolworths. Got my first lipstick there when I was 15 years old. Remember picking it out. Also my pleated neck scarf for tap dancing school. What a happy girl I was and am still. Thank you Woolworths.
I did think how sad she lost all the money. Then I think well she couldn't take the money with her when she died so as long as she had fun really all that mattered.
Though more dangerous now, it was still dangerous then. Most people with jewelry like that wear it to private parties and events. Just like people have bodyguards, jewelry has its own “jewelry guards.” It is extremely expensive to maintain security for jewelry of this caliber.
@@Freaysclaw56 Yes. My husband recently asked me to stop wearing my diamond wedding rings, my gold watch and a large sapphire/diamond ring in public. He's afraid of violence, not the theft itself. People today are just nuts. Am wearing a plain gold band, blue topaz ring and plastic watch! Not much fun.
Reminds me of my vision yesterday of a old lady with a amesh hat showing me a emerald brick road telling me to walk down it lovely old lady she is. And the sapphire huh strange...
Was she the character played by the late Farrah Fawcett in a mini tv series "Poor Little Rich Girl"? where at the end of her life, she only had few hundres dollars in her account? If so, it is the proof, money cant buy happiness.
Yes he started Woolworth will agree with that and where did he get the money to do that and inheritance from his father who owned plantations that is how they manipulate history. They just cut it out but please continue.
Sounds like another case of borderline personality disorder formed by the perceived abandonment and instability of her childhood. Emotionally unstable, she likely would have clung to any man who smiled at her.
The computer voice is ruining this wonderful video. As a jewelry lover & collector, I'm watching, but a human voice would be more respectful. Thank you
Is fabulous iconic jewellery by Barbara Hutton Most have been a gentleman's club of the bowler hat several seven husbands suitable Woolworth and debenhams and Brown and boss Bossy lady
What I'm wondering: is she any relation to the actor Timothy Hutton? That tiger brooch @ the end is enviable. Think I'm going to "abra-cat-abra" our little Meatloaf. [psst, psst, psst!] Here, kitten!
THE WORD STATES BLESS YASHRA'AL AND YOU WILL BE BLESSED. CURSE YASHRA'AL AND YOU WILL BE BLESSED. I AM TRYING TO FIND AN IMPERIAL JADE STONE. CAN YOU HELP ME. I AM THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE OF THIS EARTH, A SHEMITE SHALAWAM
Barbara Hutton was staying at The Waldorf-Astoria back in the day. She took a liking and a shine to an operator's telephone voice and asked her what she'd like as a gift. The operator replied in a very glib voice: "Oh, a sable coat". The next day, a sable coat arrived and was delivered to the telephone room.
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True story ❤
They also sued her for non-payment of her bill! She died with only $3,500 in the bank. Her estimated worth at one time of $42 million would be $750 million in today’s money. Sadly, she never found true love or happiness and her over-spending, including being quite generous; led to her being nearly bankrupt.
Farrah Fawcett starred in a miniseries about Barbara Woolworth. It was a damn good movie.
You are so right, it is here on TH-cam, brilliant film and Farrah was excellent as Barbara!
@@johnohara197loved that movie!!! 📽 brilliant!! 💎💎
amazing performance by Farrah, she captured the fragile and lost sadness in her eyes and the hopelessness of having all the material wealth known to man but never finding happiness...
I just watched and now here I am lol
And to think she died with only $3,500 in the bank! I think most of her jewelry was stolen from her over the years. The biography of her life was so sad!
After her dead . They find a jewely and many castle
Poor Lady 🤧💎
Barbara Hutton had an amazing collection from the Maison of Van Cleef & Arpels.
It’s so sad when children get left money they have no idea how to manage. They end up with nothing so soon. The loss of her mother at an early age And the horrid relationships she had with men including her father show us that the age of denying mental illness and mental health needs wreaked havoc on many many lives.
and it goes on ...
Unbelievable wealth. I can't even imagine what that would be like.!
@@Godwinpounds4333 You're quite a catch, Morrison. Let's see if she, or the hundreds of other women you ask "how are you doing?" will reply.
@@akrenwinkle Are you related to Patricia Krenwinkle?
Few can
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Wow. That was a beautiful collection.
I always wondered what happened to Ms. Hutton's jewels. Scattered around the world and, I hope, in good hands.
Elizabeth Taylor said you don’t really own the jewels. They’re just on loan to you.
Does it matter?
She was a philanthropist, but she was adored, blood diamonds, from the suffering of many African men!
But who cares?
Look how beautiful they are, right?
@@totukimou You could use that definition to describe the jewels of countless rich, famous women, such as Elizabeth Taylor to the late Queen Elizabeth II of England!
It does not make Barbara an unkind or bad person, in fact she give millions to charity and helped countless people during her lifetime.
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@@totukimou same can be said about alcohol and tribal Indians. But who cares, there’s a party to celebrate right?!? Cheers!
Absolutely amazingly impressive! A true show of quality and good taste! Congratulations!
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There are some really stunning pieces here.
That is a jadeite necklace to die for!
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Loved the video, the music, the jewels. Just perfect!
What else could an heiress do? In that day and age. I loved the Emerald tiara.
Plus living proof...
Money can't buy you love or happiness
The Best things in life are always free..family ,friends, health, sunsets...sunrises...good food good wine...good God..Thank you for our time ...being alive... 🌈🌴💕
This is true. But the extra cash is fun, too and can help so many people!!!! ☺️🌺
Wouldn't say that, imagine how unhappy she would have been without the money. It's up to you to make the best out of it. Don't glorify the poor. Telling them to be satisfied with their status.
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Its something bout that jade bracelet that I makes me love/want it. So many beautiful pieces of jewelry and unique (and expensive). She had good taste in it. Ashame the men she was involved with did her wrong. If only she married/loved the right one(s) she would have had a better life. Sad what she turned to instead...drinking and drugs. Then the loss of her son. Like her jewelry she was a very beautiful woman.
@PhDrSeuss Cary Grant was the only one of her husbands who didn't take her for anything.
The jade necklace is ,y favorite.
She was a prisoner of her own wealth she displayed like a Christmas tree. Her insecurities were enormous!!!
I feel so bad for Her,all She really wanted was to be loved .
To love another & be loved by that person should be the aim.
Why? She enjoyed all the luxuries most people never see in their lifetime. She could use her wealth to give love to many unfortunate.
@@mylanto4138 Barbara, give millions of dollars to charity! She set up many educational grants that educated thousands of young people across the World!
You must know very little about her to make such remarks.
Thank you
@@johnohara197 No she didn’t. Don’t make stuff up, to justify your admiration for a poor little rich girl.
Isn't that all that most of us want?
She was used and abused and taken advantage of, she was kind and generous, she trusted all the wrong people, and they cleaned her out!
Was she generous? I heard she wasn’t charitable. Have I misheard? I don’t have much sympathy for her as she had every advantage and only pursued pleasure.
@@pauldaignault4506 She was very generous Miss Hutton gave to schools during the war she raised so much money at parties that were given. For every donation someone would give she would add 50,000 to it no matter how small the other persons donation was. She gave the U.S military one million for the war. [that was extra on top of the money she raised] She was a very generous woman and the reason she never talked about the money she gave to institutions and universities was this. She said ''why should I tell anyone about my contributions to society people will just say I do it for publicity''. Yes sir you misheard.
The only husband not in it for the money was Cary Grant. It’s a pity it didn’t work out for them.
Breathtakingly beautiful pieces!!! Would love to own those gorgeous pieces!
Absolutely stunning collection 😊
Hi there
That platinum and diamond bracelet was fabulous but my true passion is platinum.
Gorgeous pieces!
the cut and recut of the Pasha was really a shame 😱
Not really. These older-cut diamonds from less advanced countries were poorly executed by European modern standards and they did not sparkle or impress because the design of the cut was not the right one. They also often contained flaws. They are very frequently recut, even today.
@@tommoncrieff1154 thanks for the additional insight.
A gilded age daughter. May she be at peace.
Thank you! I have been interested in Ms. Hutton ever since the TV movie starring Farrah Fawcett was broadcast.
I remember the Woolworth stores.
@@user-ke8st8jc1v That’s what Walmart stores have done to businesses. Also people shopping online instead of locally.
I loved Woolworths. Got my first lipstick there when I was 15 years old. Remember picking it out. Also my pleated neck scarf for tap dancing school. What a happy girl I was and am still. Thank you Woolworths.
Beautiful collection... a sad life.
A sad life used by so many,
Unfortunately..
I have some commonality with her. My name is Barbara, I love jewelry, and men. All I wanted was to be loved. I think we are related.
I hope you have found people who love you.
I hope you find yourself.
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Absolutely stunning.
I did think how sad she lost all the money. Then I think well she couldn't take the money with her when she died so as long as she had fun really all that mattered.
Rest In Peace 🥺
Such Incredibly Beauuutiful Jewelry!💕
When most women wear top tier jewelry I notice the jewels. When Elizabeth Taylor wears jewels she outshines them with her beauty. 😂
She was too fat
They say money doesn’t buy happiness! Barbara certainly had a stunning jewellery collection.
Those cursed emeralds needed to be cleanse with the smoke of some exorcist incense to rid them of negative energies
Incredible life, incredible jewel's
In these times you'd have to be insane to wear any jewels of that value out in public for fear of being robbed or killed.
Though more dangerous now, it was still dangerous then. Most people with jewelry like that wear it to private parties and events. Just like people have bodyguards, jewelry has its own “jewelry guards.” It is extremely expensive to maintain security for jewelry of this caliber.
@@Freaysclaw56 Yes. My husband recently asked me to stop wearing my diamond wedding rings, my gold watch and a large sapphire/diamond ring in public. He's afraid of violence, not the theft itself. People today are just nuts. Am wearing a plain gold band, blue topaz ring and plastic watch! Not much fun.
She was a beautiful, glamorous, sophisticated woman with great taste in jewelry. I wish shewould have seen herself as such. ❤ 🙏
Barbra Hutton had a home in morroco. Out hotel guide pointed out her home it had a high wall surrounding it really cool
Which husband gave her that neckless, all her husbands, except Cary Grant, were pennyless!
Such a lonely person deprived of her share of true love. Her jewelry collection was impeccable. Stunning in everyway and especially when worn by her.
The jadeite ruby necklace is worth every penny
Beautiful jewelry
Reminds me of my vision yesterday of a old lady with a amesh hat showing me a emerald brick road telling me to walk down it lovely old lady she is.
And the sapphire huh strange...
She was sooo Rich..had so many husbands who loved her money..was very unhappy..money means nothing if you are not loved.
So TRUE
Was she the character played by the late Farrah Fawcett in a mini tv series "Poor Little Rich Girl"? where at the end of her life, she only had few hundres dollars in her account? If so, it is the proof, money cant buy happiness.
That was Gloria Vanderbilt.
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Farah Fawcet never portrayed Gloria Vanderbilt. FF played Barbara Hutton.
Brooches are beautiful.
Broach bros
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Yes he started Woolworth will agree with that and where did he get the money to do that and inheritance from his father who owned plantations that is how they manipulate history. They just cut it out but please continue.
She had alot of heartache in her life .
Sounds like another case of borderline personality disorder formed by the perceived abandonment and instability of her childhood. Emotionally unstable, she likely would have clung to any man who smiled at her.
@Jay: Totally agree with you. Poor Barbara. She never knew happiness. 😢
I would not call her abandonment “perceived.” It certainly was real on the part of both of her parents.
She had a terrible childhood. So did Gloria Vanderbilt.
I'd love to be an heiress and a philanthropist....
She had it all. Wealth, Class and Beauty, still she was so alone and lonely. Married or single, she was terribly unhappy. She wasted everything away.
Yep if I had that wheath I would've bought jewelry up ,love it
She was pretty, too bad men took advantage of her. Losing her son was tragic.
SHE IS 💎 ....LIFE. 2022. 🇺🇸📿💍🇺🇸
Thanks for your video regarding stones of rare Qualities Suit and ties for gentlemen and ladies clothing looking
It's not diamonds a girl best friend, its a jadeite
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….OMG……THE FAIRY (FAERY) BROACH IS TO DIE FOR!!!
The leopard! I love the animal ones .
All that money and yet your mausoleum says Woolworth on it . . how ironic.
Every penny counts!
See what you can get when you don't have to pay TAXES?
Belle et femme de goût
Pourtant elle a eu une vie très triste.
Not when it came to men 🤭
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sad life and ending
Легко пришло , легко и ушло )))
She was beautiful
The computer voice is ruining this wonderful video. As a jewelry lover & collector, I'm watching, but a human voice would be more respectful. Thank you
Très très Chic
Loved all the jew Jewellery of diamonds Did they all call themselves Joseph Carrie Grant and granted themselves freedom
Is fabulous iconic jewellery by Barbara Hutton Most have been a gentleman's club of the bowler hat several seven husbands suitable Woolworth and debenhams and Brown and boss Bossy lady
She looks sad
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Cursed Emeralds until Liz Taylor.
Liz Taylor became a widow after her husband Michael Todd was killed in an airplane crash. He gave her the emeralds.
The jewelry is amazing! But I do wish people would learn to pronounce "jewelry." It isn't "joolery."
What a waste of the gorgeous Pasha diamond..just chipped down ..
My favourite of her pieces ...the simple strand of natural pearls !!
What I'm wondering: is she any relation to the actor Timothy Hutton?
That tiger brooch @ the end is enviable. Think I'm going to "abra-cat-abra" our little Meatloaf.
[psst, psst, psst!] Here, kitten!
Dina Merrill the late actress was her first cousin their fathers were Brothers Edward and Frederick, Dina was a Gorgeous Blonde
all the money in the world and she never found it
Tant de joyaux et son regard si mélancolique....
….Another example of money not being able to buy class…..
I DO NOT LIKE TAKING APART TO CREATE OTHER HOWEVER RESTORATION IS GOOD
All her other jewels pale in comparison to her jadeite necklace.
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i wish all that jewelrey was mine
VIVAT !
Please increase your business please mam please
THE WORD STATES BLESS YASHRA'AL AND YOU WILL BE BLESSED. CURSE YASHRA'AL AND YOU WILL BE BLESSED. I AM TRYING TO FIND AN IMPERIAL JADE STONE. CAN YOU HELP ME. I AM THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE OF THIS EARTH, A SHEMITE SHALAWAM
She is not beautiful. The jewels teaches us that beautiful pieces can be vulgar.
Cartel of mafia
No, in those days, wealthy people just bought jewelry from respected designers. The mafia had nothing to do with this kind of wealth.
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Frightening monster. 🟥♨️🟥