All featured collections
Realized at sale$2.8M
Estimated today modeled~$3.1M
+11%Modeled value over timemodeled
Realized price carried forward by ALT/FNDATA’s trophy-tier price trend for each lot’s category.
A modeled market-level estimate, not an appraisal. Individual pieces vary.
Documented sales
The “Lesotho III” diamond engagement ring (40.42 ct marquise) Confirmed
Sotheby's·The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, New York · Apr 23, 1996
A gift from Aristotle Onassis; top lot of the 1996 sale.
The Seattle Times / AP Image: Sotheby's
Realized~$2.59m
Triple-strand simulated (faux) pearl necklace Confirmed
Sotheby's·The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, New York · Apr 23, 1996
Famously not real pearls; sold far above estimate to the Franklin Mint.
Sotheby's Image: Sotheby's
Realized$211,500
“Estimated today” is a modeled figure, not an appraisal: each realized price is adjusted by the change in ALT/FNDATA’s trophy-tier price level for its category (the median of comparable high-value lots, from the sale year to the present). It is a market-level estimate; individual pieces vary, and categories without enough comparable high-value data are shown as insufficient to estimate.
Notable historical collection. The realized figures are public auction results, from the dates shown. “Estimated today” and the value chart are modeled market estimates, not a live valuation or appraisal, and not a current holding.