JACKIE KENNEDY ONASSIS PEARL NECKLACE SELLS FOR £30,000

A TRIPLE STRAND SIMULATED PEARL NECKLACE ONCE OWNED BY AMERICA'S FIRST LADY JACKIE KENNEDY ONASSIS HAS SOLD FOR £30,000, AS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF BONHAMS NEW AND INNOVATIVE PIONEERS OF POPULAR CULTURE SALE AT THE INAUGURAL VINTAGE AS GOODWOOD FESTIVAL. THE AUCTION REALIZED A REMARKABLE £346,710 IN TOTAL, WITH 97% SOLD BY VALUE. THE SALE, WHICH CELEBRATES ALL THAT IS COOL AND ICONIC FROM THE PERIOD 1940-1990, ALSO FEATURED TWO OTHER PIECES OF JEWELRY OWNED BY JAKIE KENNEDY ONASSIS, WHICH SHE WORE IN THE 1960s: A PAIR OF SIMULATED PEARL AND DIAMOND EARL CLIPS, WHICH FETCHED £15,600 AND A SIMULATED PEARL NECKLACE, WHICH MADE £6,000. THE SALE WAS THE CULMINATION OF THE FIRST VINTAGE AT GOODWOOD FESTIVAL, A THREE DAY EVENT CELEBRATING ALL THAT IS BEST ABOUT BRITISH CULTURE IN MUSIC, FASHION, ART, DESIGN AND FILM. IT IS THE BRAINCHILD OF FASHION DESIGNERS WAYNE AND GERARDINE HEMMINGWAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH LORD MARCH. JON BRADDELEY OF BONHAMS SAID ABOUT THE EVENT: 'FOR THE INAUGURAL AUCTION AT GOODWOOD, THE PIONEERS OF POPULAR CULTURE SALE WAS A GREAT SUCCESS, WITH WELL OVER 50% OF THE BUYERS BEING NEW TO BONHAMS. WE'VE CERTAINLY LEARNT WHAT PROVES POPULAR TO THIS NEW GOODWOOD CROWD AND WILL CATER NEXT YEAR'S AUCTION TO MEET THIS DEMAND. WE'LL DEFINITELY BE BACK HERE IN 2011!'