EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3 A 9.54-carat rare blue diamond ring once belonging to the late Shirley Temple, one of Hollywood's most famous child actors, failed to sell at a New York auction on Tuesday (April 19), where it was estimated to fetch between 25 million and 35 million dollars. The Sotheby's auction for the Fancy Deep Blue Diamond ring, purchased by Temple's father for 7,210 in 1940 around the time of the actress' 12th birthday, opened bidding at 19 million and closed at 22 million, which was below the ring's reserve price. The ring was the highlight at Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels sale, which fetched nearly 30 million across more than 300 lots. Temple won legions of fans as a bouncy, curly-haired young actress in 1930s. She went on to forge a career as ambassador Shirley Temple Black and died at the age of 85 in 2014.