[DOC] [TLE] 40-Carat Ring Is Auction's Gem, Fetching $2.6 Million - latimes [PAR] Apr 25, 1996 ... At this rate, the Onassis auction could compete with the $50-million record for an 
estate sale set in 1987 by Sotheby's when it sold the jewelry of Wallace Simpson, 
... Like the engagement ring, the clips were a gift from Aristotle Onassis. ... "She [
Mrs. Onassis] still represents a dream to the American people,"... [DOC] [TLE] Windsors' Legacy On the Block - The New York Times [PAR] Jul 8, 1997 ... Contents of Duke and Duchess of Windsor's Paris home will be auctioned off at ... 
the major beneficiary of her estate, and the institute sold it to Mr. Fayed. ... as their 
$50 million sale of the Duchess of Windsor's jewelry in Geneva in 1987 or ... The 
auction will include a bit of American history, too: a silver box... [DOC] [TLE] The Fashion Icons of Fine Jewelry - The Loupe | TrueFacet [PAR] Aug 9, 2016 ... The American-born Duchess of Windsor was known for her style, sophistication 
and ... At the 1987 auction, her 31-carat diamond ring sold for $3.15 million. ... 
Her favorite designers were French favorites Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels. ... 
Subscribe to our newsletter and recieve $50 off your next purchase... [DOC] [TLE] Brooke Astor and Kitty Carlisle Hart Estates Up for Auction [PAR] Sep 10, 2012 ... Sotheby's hosts the 900-lot auction of her art, jewelry, and furniture, ... While 
Astor's changes of heart were adjudicated in court, Hart's was a model, ... to bring 
about $7 million in 1987, instead fetched $50 million. ... What's being sold by the 
Kitty Carlisle Hart estate, on the other hand, .... American Fat Cats. [DOC] [TLE] Duchess of Windsor's jewels sell for $12.5 million - today > news ... [PAR] Nov 30, 2010 ... A set of jewelry once owned by American socialite Wallis Simpson  the woman 
who wooed King ... The items were last sold in 1987, as part of a Sotheby's 
auction that fetched $50 million, still a record for a jewelry collection. [DOC] [TLE] Windsor Jewelry Auction and Mohamed Fayed's Connection - The ... [PAR] Dec 2, 2010 ... The Duchess of Windsor's collection fetched $12.5 million at auction this week. ... 
messages between King Edward VIII and his American lover, Wallis Simpson, ... 
By then, the former King and his wife were the Duke and Duchess of ... the jewels 
raised $50 million at auction in Geneva the following year. [DOC] [TLE] Flamingo clip brooch  ART hound [PAR] Because many pieces from the old world were sold through Cartier to the new 
world, ... American-born Lady Granard, the 8th Countess of Granard, was raised 
in San .... of important jewelry that was sold at auction in 1987 for a shattering 
$50 million. ... The Duchess's Flamingo clip brooch (1940) is arguably her most 
famous... [DOC] [TLE] Rare jewels and precious mementos that shed light on the lives of ... [PAR] Nov 21, 2013 ... She was the American society beauty who captured the heart of a king and ... '
Sotheby's 1987 landmark sale of the jewels of the Duchess of Windsor ... a new 
era in the jewellery auction market,' explained David Bennett, chairman of .... 
Police chief investigating the $10.4million Kardashian heist had never... [DOC] [TLE] Lorre White  The Way Things Weretimes are changing [PAR] Jul 26, 2010 ... The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor were first offered for auction by Sothebys 
in Geneva in April, 1987. The two-day auction sold all 306 lots offered and 
fetched $50 million, well above the $7 million pre-sale estimate. ... A Celebration 
of Women Foundation Inc., was born to shape a better world through... [DOC] [TLE] French haute couture | Lisa's History Room [PAR] Posted in Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the, PEOPLE, tagged biographies of 
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Question: This American-born duchess' jewels were sold at auction in 1987 for $50 million
Answer: Wallis Simpson