RJackie Kennedy Onassis was the style icon of the last century. The former first lady set trends and everyone wanted to be like her including the rich and famous. So when in 2010 her signature 3 strand pearl necklace came up for sale with a other pieces, buyers jumped at the opportunity to own the necklace.
It was at Bonham's first new and innovative Pioneers of Popular Culture sale at the inaugural Vintage at Goodwood Festival.
The pearls which not many people realise are actually faux pearls, are glass and hand painted; a technic perfected by Czechoslovakia.
The necklace has 3 strands and has channelling. This is something which Coco Chanel, one of Jackie's favourite designers, developed. It is a term used for the spacing in between the strands so that they lay comfortably on the neck with out clumping up together.
The necklace smashed through it's estimate and made a brilliant £30,000 mainly due to it's iconic association with Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
The sale also saw Jackie's pair of simulated pearl and diamond ear clips, which fetched £15,600 and a simulated pearl necklace, which made £6,000. As well as some of her Jaguar cars.
To the delight of the organisers the sale was a massive success and they have since grown with each year since.
She was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in 1929.
In May 1952 she was introduced by a friend to the man who would later become her husband and president of America, John F Kennedy.
In 1953 they married in Saint Mary's Church, Newport, Rhode Island. 700 guest attended the wedding with 1200 by the time they got to the reception. Her wedding dress is now housed in the Kennedy Library.
The couple endured heartache after miscarrying their first pregnancy and then having a stillborn baby with their second. They endured though and went on to have two children, Caroline in 1957 and John Jr in 1960. Unfortunately their next child was premature and sadly died two days after birth.
In 1960, John F Kennedy became president just managing to beating his opponent Richard Nixon. He had many successes as president but as everyone knows it was on the 21st November that a bullet hit the president in Dallas while he rode his motorcade with his wife, Jackie by his side. He was rushed to hospital but nothing could be done and he died from the shots.
It was at Bonham's first new and innovative Pioneers of Popular Culture sale at the inaugural Vintage at Goodwood Festival.
The pearls which not many people realise are actually faux pearls, are glass and hand painted; a technic perfected by Czechoslovakia.
The necklace has 3 strands and has channelling. This is something which Coco Chanel, one of Jackie's favourite designers, developed. It is a term used for the spacing in between the strands so that they lay comfortably on the neck with out clumping up together.
The necklace smashed through it's estimate and made a brilliant £30,000 mainly due to it's iconic association with Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
The sale also saw Jackie's pair of simulated pearl and diamond ear clips, which fetched £15,600 and a simulated pearl necklace, which made £6,000. As well as some of her Jaguar cars.
To the delight of the organisers the sale was a massive success and they have since grown with each year since.
She was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in 1929.
In May 1952 she was introduced by a friend to the man who would later become her husband and president of America, John F Kennedy.
In 1953 they married in Saint Mary's Church, Newport, Rhode Island. 700 guest attended the wedding with 1200 by the time they got to the reception. Her wedding dress is now housed in the Kennedy Library.
The couple endured heartache after miscarrying their first pregnancy and then having a stillborn baby with their second. They endured though and went on to have two children, Caroline in 1957 and John Jr in 1960. Unfortunately their next child was premature and sadly died two days after birth.
In 1960, John F Kennedy became president just managing to beating his opponent Richard Nixon. He had many successes as president but as everyone knows it was on the 21st November that a bullet hit the president in Dallas while he rode his motorcade with his wife, Jackie by his side. He was rushed to hospital but nothing could be done and he died from the shots.
When he was put in the casket she removed her wedding ring and placed it with him, saying 'now I have nothing.' She accompanied the casket to Air Force one and was there when Johnson was sworn in.
After the funeral, Jackie devoted her life to the memory of John F Kennedy helping to set up the Kennedy library and other memorials to her husband.
Tradegy was to strike her family again in 1968 when her husbands brother Robert Kennedy was assassinated. This frightened Jackie, she was worried someone was picking off the Kennedy family and that her children or herself could be next so fled seeking sanctuary in Greece. It was here that she met her second Aristotle Onassis.
On 20th October 1968 she married Onassis on his private island called Skorpios in the Ionian Sea. By doing this she lost her right to protection from the secret service and franking privilege.
She enjoyed 7 years with Aristotle before in January 1973 the couple received the news that Alexander Onassis, the son of Aristotle, had been killed in a plane crash.
Aristotle's health deteriorated after this and he died in 1975 from respiratory failure.
Greece don't let non Greeks inherit after a certain amount so she had to fight to get her inheritance. She eventually won $26 million from Christina Onassis , Aristotle's daughter.
Jackie decided the next part of her life should be about her and she set about becoming a book editor and worked to preserve and protect America's cultural heritage.
In 1994 she was diagnosed with non Hodgkin's lymphoma and died in the May of that year.
Her children Caroline and John jr inherited her estate worth $43.7 million.
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