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Lot 69

Jacqueline Kennedy's Simulated Pearl Necklace

29 September – 9 October 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £16,640 inc. premium

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Jacqueline Kennedy's Simulated Pearl Necklace

Single-strand choker necklace comprising simulated pearls with simulated diamond-set sterling silver clasp

Condition Grade B-
13cm drop

Footnotes

Jacqueline Kennedy incorporated pearls into her everyday style and claimed that, 'pearls are always appropriate'. However, much of her jewellery, including her iconic three-strand pearls necklace, consisted of simulated pearls rather than natural ones, as she preferred their lustre.

Her choice to wear imitation pearls challenged the notion that jewellery had to be genuine to be meaningful or elegant. This made her 'look' more accessible to a broader audience, influencing a generation, and cementing her fashion icon status.

Provenance

Bonhams, Goodwood, Pioneers of Popular Culture, 15th August 2010, lot 211

Sotheby's New York, Jewelry From The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 24th and 25th April 1996, lot 461.

The lot is sold with the Sotheby's presentation box, carrying pouch, original lot tags, and sale catalogue; Bonhams lot tags and sale catalogue; and two copy photographs of the First Lady wearing the necklace, including a shot of the First Couple and their daughter Caroline ahead of the 1959 official family Christmas Card.

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