WHAT recession? Kim Kardashian treats herself to 3 of Liz Taylor's bracelets for a paltry $65k. USA!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

KIM KARDASHIAN
Pays BIG MONEY
for Liz Taylor's Bracelets

http://www.tmz.com/2011/12/14/kim-kardashian-elizabeth-taylor-jewelry/#.Tuk9CLIk67s



Kim Kardashian just dropped $65k to outbid a gang of serious jewelry nuts for 3 unbelievable jade and diamond bracelets that used to belong to Elizabeth Taylor ... TMZ has learned.

Taylor's entire collection of rare and expensive jewelry was auctioned off in NYC this week for a whopping $116 MILLION ... and Kim was one of the bidders.

Sources close to KK tell TMZ ... Kim idolized Taylor -- especially after Kim did a magazine interview with Liz for a project shortly before her death. So when Kim saw LT's 3 jade and diamond Lorraine Schwartz bangle bracelets on the auction block, she snatched 'em up for a cool $64,900.

We're told Kim believes jade harnesses energy ... and now that she owns the bracelets, KK feels she will share a deeper connection to the Hollywood icon.

[dipsydoodle]

1. Update

Elizabeth Taylor Christie's auction fetches $150m.

A four-day New York auction of the belongings of Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor has fetched more than $150m, with one leather-bound film script selling for 50 times its estimate.

The late actor's script of The National Velvet, her first big film, sold for $170,000 at the Christie's auction.

Earlier in the week, one of her necklaces featuring a 16th Century pearl sold for a record $11.8m (£7.6m).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16229983

[HappyMe]

2. Good grief!

Will the usesless KK ever go away?

[RavensChick]

3. Wha?!?!

Or better yet, is she smoking????? This girl is a rash! I wish they kept the auction bidders secret but apparently KK needs some more publicity like I need to lose 20 pounds!!