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One More Day To Buy Kimora Lee Simmons' Old Stuff

Filed under: Estates, Celebrity Shopping

Want to get your paws on some of Kimora Lee Simmons cast-offs? You've got one more day to visit the former home of Russell and Kimora Lee Simmons in Saddle River, New Jersey to buy their belongings. The pair has moved on with new partners and new homes but their prodigious collection of clothing, furniture and other household goods remains. Those with deep pockets can pick up art like a $100,000 painting by Faith Ringgold, "The Dinner Quilt" or a pair of $20,000 bronze lions. Furniture is also for sale including Versace's bed for $200,000 and a $5,000 chaise lounge. Those with little to spend can pick up a $3 mug. The sale has been going on since Thursday which might make Saturday the ideal day to pounce because there may be deals to be had. It's not clear what will happen to the unsold goods.

A-1 Liquidators is in charge of the sale which has drawn people from surrounding states to get a look at the house which was featured on MTV Cribs and was also our estate of the day. It's got a new low price, just $13.9 million down from an original asking of nearly $24 million. The 10-bedroom home famous for its cinema-worthy home theater, professional fitness center, wine cellar with bar seating and painted rotunda has made the rounds of various television shows and magazines. It has both indoor and outdoor pools, staff quarters, a pool house and a security system designed by the White House security company.

Gallery: Kimora Lee Simmons In Saddle River, NJ

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Rachel Bilson Designs For The Diamond Empowerment Fund

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry, Charity, Celebrity Design

Last December Rachel Bilson traveled to Botswana and South Africa to see the work being done by Russell Simmons' Diamond Empowerment Fund. Now the actress has created a new bracelet to benefit the cause. The leather bracelet features a 1/6 carat diamond in an Everlon Diamond Knot setting (the latest design from De Beers). The round-cut diamond is set in 14k gold over sterling silver. The bracelet sells for $100 at Macy's and $20 from each sale goes to the Diamond Empowerment Fund to support the education and empowerment of African people.

The Diamond Empowerment Fund was founded in 2007 and first raised money with the selling of a malachite bracelet crowned with a rough diamond. The non-profit international organization raises money to support education initiatives that include the fund's first project, the CIDA City Campus, located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The four-year school educates students and sends them back to the townships as teachers. It offers liberal arts education and business classes and the students do all the work at the school except teaching. Profits from Bilson's bracelet will help purchase additional student housing for the campus.

[via In Style]

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