Barbie with diamond necklace going to NY auction

Barbie with diamond necklace going to NY auction - The curvaceous, custom-designed doll wears a necklace featuring a one-carat, purplish-pink diamond. She's being offered at Christie's auction house in New York on Oct. 20 for an estimated $300,000 to $500,000. Christie's says that would make her the world's most expensive Barbie.

All proceeds will benefit The Breast Cancer Research Foundation in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Jeweler Stefano Canturi arranged the emerald-cut, fancy vivid diamond in a geometric pattern with smaller, white diamonds, totaling three carats. He also designed the doll's black strapless party dress, stilettos, hair and other features.

The world auction record for a Barbie is $17,091, set in 2006 at Christie's London. ( Associated Press )