#Marylou Whitney

[novumtimes]

See Photos From Inside the 2024 Belmont Stakes

Summer at the Spa — a ritual nearly 200 years strong — started early in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., with the third leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, being held on Saturday for the first time at Saratoga Race Course, a revered relic where the elite and otherwise mingle, but the horses rule. Broadway, the city’s central thoroughfare, bustled. Lines for picnic tables at the track formed before dawn. A new color — Belmont green — blended with the track’s signature red-and-white trimmings. Owners, trainers, horseplayers and the cooler-toting faithful all hailed the break from tradition for the race’s 156th running. A roar rose from the old wooden grandstand as the horses entered the starting gate for the main event. It did not disappoint. The 17-1 longshot Dornoch, ridden by Luis Saez and trained by Danny Gargan, held off Mindframe and Sierra Leone for a stunning victory. Jockeys line the fountain outside the Marylou Whitney entrance. Source link via The Novum Times

[tiaramania]

Tiara Possibly Owned by Empress Elisabeth Up for Auction

Marylou Whitney’s Ruby & Diamond Floral Tiara is being auctioned at Sotheby’s on December 9th in New York for an estimated 100,000-200,000 USD.  The tiara was made in the mid-1800s and consists of rubies and diamonds set in silver and gold.  The flowers are en tremblant meaning they are set on springs so they move with the wearer.

Whitney was an American socialite, racehorse owner, and avid jewelry collector who passed away in 2019.  She claimed that the tiara belonged to Empress Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria. From The New York Times,

Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney is “terribly happy” with hers, once owned by the Empress Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Emperor Franz Josef. “It wasn't one of the Empress's major tiaras,” Mrs. Whitney said candidly. “It was just an everyday tiara but when you wear it, inside you feel absolutely great. A tiara moves up a lady greatly.” The everyday tiara has 1,900 diamonds (weighing 180 carats) and 75 rubies and is shaped into wild roses and sparkling dew drops. It is set on little springs “to wiggle a little with a lovely movement when I walk.” Mrs. Whitney pins her tiara on with four bobby pins and then forgets she has it on. “I enjoy wearing it because it's light and so well distributed. A heavy tiara can ruin a woman's evening,” she said. (x)

Prior to the tiara being bought by Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney in 1952 it was owned by Harry Winston and was part of his ‘Court of Jewels’ touring exhibition that raised money for local charities from 1949-1953.  There it was labeled the Austrian Diadem saying that it was from the time of Emperor Franz Joseph but did not say that it belonged to Empress Elisabeth.  

Ursula from Royal Magazin, who is my go to expert on Austrian jewels, doesn’t think that the tiara belonged to Empress Elisabeth but she did find a design sketch by Köchert that is similar to the tiara meaning it’s very possible that the tiara belonged to someone at the Austrian Imperial Court even if it didn’t belong to the Empress herself. (x)

Sotheby’s language is very careful not to say that the tiara belonged to Sisi instead stating that Whitney claimed it did.  To me this means that they don’t have any proof that it belonged to the Empress but want to mention it because it will drive up the price. 

[jerseydeanne]

Family of late socialite Marylou Whitney list her 36,000-acre estate in the heart of the Adirondacks for $180 million - complete with a 17-bedroom main house and 22 fishing lakes

Family of late socialite Marylou Whitney list her 36,000-acre estate in the heart of the Adirondacks for $180 million – complete with a 17-bedroom main house and 22 fishing lakes

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Pretty expensive! Thanks, anon

[davidcowlesillustrations]

Marylou Whitney for Saratoga Living magazine

[waterman12053]

Quite a lady...

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/sports/horse-racing/marylou-whitney-dead.html

[casorasi]

'Queen of Saratoga' Marylou Whitney dies at 93

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) — Philanthropist, socialite and horse-racing enthusiast Marylou Whitney, known as the "Queen of Saratoga," has died at her Saratoga Springs estate after a long illness. She was 93. 'Queen of Saratoga' Marylou Whitney dies at 93

[royal-confessions]

“After seeing the 19th century from the collection of Marylou Whitney which is said to have been Sisi‘s getting sold at Sothebys, I am feeling sad that we‘ll Never see how it’s worn by a royal, how it sparkles and especially how the florals en tramblant move with the wearer.” - Submitted by Anonymous

[bergenstables]

A Thorofan Tribute to Marylou Whitney

Beautifully done by Bryon Langlois, DVM - https://twitter.com/Animalsheltrdoc

[deehollowaywrites]

I made a boo-boo while writing my first Thoroughbred project--ok, I made a few, including an entire draft that used ‘furlough’ in place of ‘furlong,’ but the error germane to today’s topic is the omission of Cheryl White.

The project was structured around a female jockey and a female archivist, the latter of which was putting together an exhibition similar to the one arriving in July 2019 at the National Museum of Racing. There are huge chunks of dialogue devoted to discussion of female jocks; there’s an impassioned pitch of the archivist defending her choice both of exhibition and the inclusion of the protagonist jockey, a wild child whose status as role model is occasionally in question. At no point in the name-dropping, from Kathy Kusner to Rosie Napravnik, does anyone mention Cheryl White.

The archivist character, it should be noted, is African-American.

A little while later, I wrote another project in the same universe, this time about a Black teen girl yearning to become a jockey. That manuscript also left out White, because the first time I encountered her name was well after all these flights of fancy were done, in the interesting, troubling book The Lady Is a Jock, where she merits an occasional mention in the sea of glam, sexy, or down-home white women riders. After learning, two years into my very jock-focused appreciation of the sport, that there had at one point been a Black female jockey of note, I went looking for Cheryl White elsewhere. Didn’t turn up much. Listened with avid interest to her interview earlier this year on Jock Talk. Wondered, as soon as NMRHOF announced the panel, whether she might appear at the museum to talk about women in racing.

Reader, if you’re a woman, do you remember the first time anyone mentioned the concept of ambition to you? Two instances stick out in my mind. There was my undergraduate advisor who asked what my ambitions were after graduating and frowned when I said I didn’t consider myself ambitious. There’s the foreword to The Blue Castle, of all unlikely books, which refers to L.M. Montgomery as a ‘serious and ambitious writer.’ It had not occurred to me by age nineteen to cultivate ambitions. It had not occurred to me that a writer of my childhood, associated with books for young people, could be termed ambitious. You can waft through life, an ingenue to whom things happen, reactive. You can carry out actions because you know you’re supposed to, because no one else will if you don’t. At some point, rote effort becomes intentional. At some point, you’re too old to keep on living without admitting ambition.

The ambitions of women like Linda Rice and Stella Thayer are not in doubt. Gabby Gaudet conducts her career with open eyes and full intent. Even the frontrunning, groundbreaking rank of jockeys like Julie Krone elides questions of ambition; it wasn’t whether they wanted to ride, but how they would go about it. There’s a lot to be said for sitting in the presence of icons--but at what point do icons cease to exist as flesh and blood, enacting will, and become those gallery bronzes? Thoroughbred racing is intimidating. Not being a fan of any other sports, I can’t say whether soccer or baseball have such high thresholds for belonging, only that I half-expect a prick of the finger when I pass through Spa gates, a blood test not for type but for class and breeding. Marylou Whitney six rows ahead in her hat, flanked on all sides by women (and the panel audience’s makeup was heavily female, no mistake) in the know: women who’ve been playing New York horseflesh for longer than I’ve been alive, women with connections, women who--as my girlfriend reported--happened to have a halter of Justify’s lying around to auction off.

Awe is not the healthiest of emotions.

It’s something, all right, seeing Charlotte Weber in the flesh, whose sprawling Florida farm I’d crane my neck for a glimpse at every time I drove through Ocala on the way to somewhere else. It’s something to listen to Krone’s stories, watch Rice’s wry smile appear, observe each woman’s reaction to a question--delivered in good faith or otherwise; Poe’s Law is always in play when a man is asking questions--about sexism in their sport. This is the top tier of a sphere I care about a lot. They’re known, for lack of any more scintillating vocabulary; they’re the basis for characters I’ve written and ones I’ve yet to write. They and other women are part of racing’s bedrock, the vein of that choice limestone that makes foals’ hooves grow strong… but what do we mean by women?

“Women in Racing.” You know what they mean. Whose stories are flattened by the broad application of female. The utility of female icons to institutions; the sinister ease with which appreciation becomes a checkbox, a cul-de-sac, proof of acknowledgment and feigned confusion over what more could possibly be done. Maybe it’s unconscious, an insidious natural selection of Cool Girls, in the Gillian Flynn sense, rising like cream to the top. Maybe that row of blondes, broken only by Blythe Miller Davies, was a coincidence. Walking through downtown Saratoga with my girlfriend a few hours after, I thought about how I would stock such a panel, or proliferation of panels. Jenine Sahadi. Kathleen O’Connell, maybe. Carol Cedeno, absolutely. Tammi Piermarini. Barbara Livingston. Sam Bussanich or Emily Gullikson. Cheryl White. Any number of grooms, assistant trainers, stewards, and veterinarians whose names I don’t know, but whose efforts make the sport run: a living record to prove the naysayers wrong, a testament to diversity, proof of racing’s vitality and its endurance, its breadth beyond the aristocracy of breeding and the heirloom of training.

Show me not only the vanguard behind museum glass, but the inheritors.

[perfectirishgifts]

3 Fancy Colored Heart-Shaped Diamonds At Sotheby’s Jewelry Auction

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3 Fancy Colored Heart-Shaped Diamonds At Sotheby’s Jewelry Auction

Three heart-shaped fancy colored diamonds at Sotheby’s New York Magnificent Jewels auction

Fancy colored diamonds make up the top five lots for Sotheby’s New York Magnificent Jewels auction to be held December 9. In keeping with the holiday spirit, three of these diamonds boast heart shapes.

The live sale will not be open to the public, which is mandated under state and city restrictions to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Instead, Sotheby’s will continue with its recently adopted hybrid platform, with online bids being taken prior to live sales. Online bidding has begun for the jewelry auction with many of the 210 lots receiving initial bids. In addition, the auction house will accept absentee bids prior to the live sale. Live bids during the auction will be accepted by phone and Internet.

Three heart-shaped diamonds, just in time for the holiday gifting season are as follows:

* A 1.71-carat heart-shaped fancy red diamond with SI2 clarity surrounded by white diamonds and mounted on an 18k white and pink gold pendant for a necklace. Its estimate is $2.5 million – $3.5 million.

* A ring centered with a 2.28-carat fancy vivid blue diamond, encircled by round yellow and framed by white diamonds with an estimate of $2.25 million – $3.25 million; and

* An 18k white and pink gold ring centered with a 2-carat fancy vivid orange diamond framed and accented by round diamonds with an estimate of $1 million – $1.5 million.

5.03-carat cut-cornered rectangular mixed-cut fancy vivid pink diamond, accented with two … [] cut-cornered triangular step-cut fancy intense blue diamonds

The top lot in the sale is a pink gold and platinum ring set with a 5.03-carat cut-cornered rectangular mixed-cut fancy vivid pink diamond, accented with two cut-cornered triangular step-cut fancy intense blue diamonds. Its estimate is $9 million – $12 million.

3.67-carat fancy intense blue diamond in a cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut

The other important fancy colored diamond lot is a 3.67-carat fancy intense blue diamond in a cut-cornered rectangular modified brilliant-cut. The stone is flanked by two emerald-cut diamonds and mounted on an 18k white gold ring. Its estimate is $2.5 million – $3.5 million.

A silver-topped gold, emerald and diamond pendant-brooch, 1840, as a wedding gift for Lady Frances … [] Vane, wife of John Winston, 7th Duke of Marlborough

Private collections are an important part of this 210-lot sale and two assemblages from New York socialites and philanthropists standout. The first is Cecile Zilkha, best known for her lifelong interest in the arts, particularly The Metropolitan Opera. Her collections include important pieces from Bulgari, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Harry Winston. Among the most notable are a silver-topped gold, emerald and diamond pendant-brooch (estimate $200,000 – $300,000), created in 1840 as a wedding gift for Lady Frances Vane, wife of John Winston, 7th Duke of Marlborough. Other pieces from various periods include a 19th-century silver-topped gold, sapphire and diamond brooch (estimate $200,000 – $300,000), a 1930s diamond rivière by Bulgari (estimate $300,000 – $500,000) and a mid-20th-century emerald and diamond flower clip-brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels (estimate $80,000 – $120,000) centered by an 85-carat emerald.

Ruby and diamond bracelet by Harry Winston from the collection of Cecile Zilkha

Zilkha’s affection for colored gemstones is demonstrated in the sale with several emerald, ruby and sapphire pieces, most notably a 21.86-carat emerald and diamond ring by Cartier (estimate $750,000 – $1 million); emerald and diamond earclips by Bulgari (estimate $350,000 – $550,000) with opposing emerald and diamond drops; a ruby and diamond bracelet by Harry Winston (estimate $175,000 – $275,000); and a heavenly diamond feather clip-brooch by Cartier (estimate $60,000 – $80,000). 

Emerald, ruby, sapphire and diamond Mughal-inspired necklace by David Webb

The other important collection is from Marylou Whitney, the philanthropist, thoroughbred breeder, arts patron and society hostess. This group includes important pieces by Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels and David Webb from whom she acquired a spectacular emerald, ruby, sapphire and diamond Mughal-inspired necklace (estimate $75,000 – $100,000) as well as several bespoke pieces.

Silver-topped gold, ruby and diamond tiara from the collection of Marylou Whitney

Of particular importance from Whitney’s collection are two jewels believed to be from royal collections. The first – a silver-topped gold, ruby and diamond tiara – possibly linked to Empress Elisabeth of Austria (estimate $100,000 – $200,000); and a rare natural pearl and diamond necklace believed to have appeared from the collection of Empress Eugénie, the wife of Napoléon III (estimate $300,000 – $500,000).

  Lapis Lazuli and Sapphire Clip-Brooch by René Boivin

Also on offer is a rich selection of mid-20th century jewels by French jewelers René Boivin and Suzanne Belperron. Among the Bovin pieces are a diamond, colored diamond, sapphire, emerald and enamel tiger brooch, circa 1960s (estimate $200,000 -$300,000); an example of the house’s iconic Starfish design with lapis lazuli and sapphire (estimate $35,000 – $55,000); and an aquamarine necklace and earclips from the 1940s (estimate $180,000 – $220,000).

Cabochon ruby and diamond necklace by Suzanne Belperron

Among Belperron’s pieces in the sale is a cabochon ruby and diamond necklace, which captures her skill of using combinations of materials and gemstones to create sculptural and abstract works of art (estimate $500,000 – $750,000).

The sale is part of a two-week program by Sotheby’s called “Festival of Wonder,” that features special exhibitions by appointment as well as online and live auctions of jewels, watches, wines, handbags, sneakers and books. There’s also a diverse group of items that can be purchased immediately.

One of the feature sales is a special online charity auction, “Love EMC,” that benefits “Every Mother Counts,” a charity founded by American model, charity-founder, campaigner, and filmmaker, Christy Turlington. Items range from art pieces and sculptures jewels and handbags, to special experiences that include an African Safari, a wine country tour and luxury resort holidays. This sale ends Monday.

The highlight of the Festival of Wonder is an exclusive contemporary interpretation of the Nutcracker by the New York City Ballet. The original performance was created by NYCB soloist and choreographer, Peter Walker. It features NYCB soloist, Sebastian Villarini-Velez, and Corps de Ballet member, India Bradley, who will be wearing jewels and watches from the upcoming auctions as they dance in the Sotheby’s galleries. The performance is available across all Sotheby’s digital platforms, including its website.

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[avesta-asiwa]

Famous auction house Sotheby's is counting the days for an auction that will leave its mark. The next address for the show is NewYork. Many sparkling pieces that decorate the top segment collections of giant jewelry brands are waiting for their new owners. It is really difficult to choose between them. Jewelry, which is the safest harbor for those who do not stop investing despite the epidemic, is interestingly breaking a record this year. Details 👇🏼 The 9 December Magnificent Jewels auction in New York is headlined by exquisite jewels from the collections of Cecile Zilkha and Marylou Whitney and complemented by an exceptional group of top-quality Fancy Colored diamonds in hues of red, blue, orange, pink, green and yellow. For connoisseurs of design, there is a rich selection of vintage jewels by Cartier, Boivin, Belperron and Schlumberger and a stunning group of Art Deco masterpieces by Boucheron, Bulgari, Cartier and Yard. #cartier #sothebysjewels #sothebys #auction #bulgari #boucheron #yard #boivin #belperron #jeanschlumberger #fancy #gems #gemstones #cecilezilkha #marylouwhitney #magnificentjewels #magnificent #jewelrybook #jewelry #highjewelry #jewelry #beauty #icon #edit #adorable #breathtaking #necklace #earrings #davidwebb #mgérard #tiara https://www.instagram.com/p/CIeYIJPF-Ve/?igshid=m24jq8buv0p7

[rjbailey]

Reposted from @thebloodhorse - Six-year-old Preservationist winning the Woodward (G1) at Saratoga is the cover of the Sept 7 BloodHorse magazine/tablet. Other features include: Q&A: John Hendrickson, Marylou Whitney's husband; Lane's End's sales director Allaire Ryan, TOBA Profiles of state award winners; Visit with Rachel Alexandra & more. For a preview, to download or order a copy or to subscribe, go online to: bit.ly/BH-Sept7 - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/B2CrsFgFBLb/?igshid=1qwt8c12rqsn0

[i-news-day]

Honoring the 'Queen of Saratoga'

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The New York Racing Association, The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame and more honoring the late Marylou Whitney, as preparation are underway for Whitney Day. Friday morning, Marylou Whitney was ... source https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.news10.com/10-in-toga/honoring-the-queen-of-saratoga/&ct=ga&cd=CAIyHzhmNjA0ZmY0ZDA2NmEyMjM6Y29tLmJyOmVuOlVTOlI&usg=AFQjCNGSjNnLlzXfe7h1VZlZhlMF2Jhh_Q via Blogger https://ift.tt/2ZulFUC

[mironivanov]

‘She Always Looked Out for Us’: the Glamorous Patron of Stablehands

The death of Marylou Whitney, doyenne of the horse racing world, was keenly felt among the workers on Saratoga’s backstretch.

[izayoi1242]

‘She Always Looked Out for Us’: the Glamorous Patron of Stablehands

By TERESA GENARO The death of Marylou Whitney, doyenne of the horse racing world, was keenly felt among the workers on Saratoga’s backstretch. Published: July 26, 2019 at 09:00AM from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2K6J87W via IFTTT

[topnewsfromtheworld]

‘She Always Looked Out for Us’: the Glamorous Patron of Stablehands

By TERESA GENARO The death of Marylou Whitney, doyenne of the horse racing world, was keenly felt among the workers on Saratoga’s backstretch. Published: July 26, 2019 at 01:00AM from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2K6J87W