(KCEN) -- Jewels from a convicted embezzler were auctioned off yesterday in Fort Worth.
The collection has an estimated value of a half million dollars.
Rita Crundwell was convicted of embezzling more than $50-million over a 20-year period.
She acquired the jewels while working as the city comptroller in Dixon, Illinois.
The proceeds from Crundwell's Collection will go back to the city of Dixon.