By Erika Winters
Jewels from the personal collections of the late Estée Lauder and her daughter-in-law Evelyn will be auctioned at Sotheby's on December 5. More than 35 pieces, including rare colorless and fancy-colored diamond jewels by Oscar Heyman & Brothers, Graff, and Van Cleef & Arpels, are expected to fetch over $13 million. Proceeds from the sale of the Lauders' collections will benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, an organization founded by Evelyn Lauder in 1993.
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