Christie's begins appraisal of Imelda Marcos' jewellery

Representatives of Christie’s auction house today began appraising jewellery seized from the widow of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos for auction in Europe as early as November.

The government has firmed up earlier plans to sell Imelda Marcos’ jewellery collection, initially estimated to be worth at least £5.5m (€8.2m), said Ricardo Abcede, a member of a government commission recovering the Marcos family’s allegedly ill-gotten wealth.