Veteran Hong Kong Canto-pop star Jenny Tseng auctions 50 of her jewellery items for charity
Canto-pop star Jenny Tseng sells 50 jewellery items for charity - and one could fetch HK$3.8m
They are more than just the glittering memories of the love of her life and her rise to super stardom. For Canto-pop star Jenny Tseng, her precious gems are also a way to give something back for a good cause.
Jewellery lovers have a chance to buy a piece of Tseng's collection on Sunday, when 50 items are auctioned by Tiancheng International to raise funds for a charity working with mainland children with cleft lips.
Tseng says she makes regular donations to charity and had decided to clean up the jewellery collection she has garnered over decades. She realised there was a chance to combine the two.
"I love bling-bling," says Tseng, 61, who has sold more than 10 million records since achieving fame in the 1970s. "I was poor when I was a child, and when I started making some money, I decided to buy jewellery besides properties. I can wear jewellery, but not a flat."
The 50 lots range from a golden rutilated quartz bangle offered with no reserve price to a ruby and diamond ring expected to go for up to HK$2.8 million and a jadeite and diamond ring which could raise between HK$2.8 million and HK$3.8 million.
Tseng also revealed that she was an avid consumer - if not always a savvy spender.