This card is anonymous, and it was issued in Holland. It also looks very similar to what are known as Dutch Gum, simply because nobody knows who issued them. So look closely in mixed lots and you may find these lurking.
Leaf was founded in 1940 by a man called Sol Leaf, hence the name. Eventually it would rise to the stunning heights of having eleven factories in seven countries, However its largeness was its undoing and it was merged with the Swedish company Cloetta in February 2012.
Here we have Elizabeth Taylor, who seems to have escaped having her cards extracted from sets and sold at higher prices. Maybe that will come.
This card celebrates her jewellery, which was sold at Christies auction house in 2011 for a total of $137.2 million.
One piece which was not included was the famous Taylor-Burton diamond that was given to her by Richard Burton, because after they divorced for the second time she sold it to a New York jeweller. And truly wonderfully, part of those proceeds went to build a hospital in Botswana, which was the country where their second marriage ceremony had taken place.
The costume and jewellery for this film "Cleopatra", (which is where Elizabeth Taylor met Richard Burton for the first time), was lavish. The film still holds the world record for the most costume changes in a single film, sixty-five different outfits.
Cleopatra herself was known to adore jewels, especially diamonds and pearls, and most of it was crafted to include solid gold. None of this is thought to still exist. The jewels for the film, which were mostly costume, but which were based on the originals that had survived in the form of paintings and carvings, were also sold at auction in 2013.
In actual fact this card would have been much better if it was framed higher and cut off nearer her neck, for the headdress she is wearing in this scene is spectacular. You can see it by clicking over to GoldbookMagazine/Cleopatra