Taylor's belongings fetch $150m

Famed Hollywood actress and Cleopatra star Elizabeth Taylor's belongings fetch more than $150m at a New York auction.

The sold items include the script of the actress' first big film The National Velvet and a necklace adorned with a 16th century pearl, selling for a record $170,000 and $11.8m respectively.

The four-day auction concluded on Friday with an 'online-only' version continuing till Saturday. Part of the proceeds will go to the The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation, set up by the actress in 1991.