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Vivian Ward's (Julia Roberts) pair of earrings from Garry Marshall's Pretty Woman. Ward wore her distinctive pearl earrings in multiple key scenes, including her shopping spree down Beverly Hills' Rodeo Drive, at lunch with fellow sex worker Kit De Luca (Laura San Giacomo), when she accused a ritzy store of making a "Big mistake" for snubbing her before her glow-up, and in the climactic sequence when Edward Lewis (Richard Gere) climbed the fire escape to save her.

With box office grosses exceeding $460 million and the then-largest number of tickets ever sold for a romantic comedy, Pretty Woman was an instant classic in 1990, remaining today amongst the most successful films ever made. For her iconic role as Vivian Ward, Julia Roberts was nominated for an Oscar® for Best Actress, inspiring a cottage industry of follow-up movies and cementing her as the reigning doyenne of the genre.

This pair of earrings originates from the collection of Academy Award®-nominated costume designer Marilyn Vance, who designed all of Ward's costumes. Vance made three pairs of pearl earrings for Ward, who later stated that seven of her costumes were accessorized with the earrings during filming. For her work, Vance also received a BAFTA® nomination for Best Costume Design.

Each of these earrings features a single large synthetic pearl suspended from a thin 14-karat gold-plated link chain with a translucent bead stopper beneath a fish hook back. The gold-color and synthetic pearls exhibit some tarnishing from wear and handling.

Estimate: $15,000 - 30,000

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