Cree died in July 2021 at 91 and gave her jewelry collection to the Communities Foundation to administer a fund named for her own mother, Rosine Smith Sammons. The Rosine fund is focused on nature and performing arts support in the Dallas area.
“We hope that those who purchased any of the 125 pieces from her collection know the positive impact this will bring to our nonprofit community through the Rosine Fund at CFT.” Mary Anne Cree, left, with Jennifer Sampson, CEO of the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas at the Tocqueville Society luncheon at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on Oct. 29, 2018.was an eye-catching piece of the collection because of its 17.6-carat yellow diamond in the middle adorned with baguette-cut diamonds, platinum, yellow and white gold. The $591,000 bid was nearly twice as much as appraisers had expected it to sell for.
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