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...Heisman was one of the first items to go. The $500,000 inventory list submitted to Fujisaki by the Goldman family lawyers also included a $700 Buffalo Bills helmet, a $25,500 Andy Warhol silkscreen of Simpson, Simpson's $60,000 Chevy Suburban, a $40,000 14-carat gold necklace with 89 diamonds, plus an assortment of golf clubs, Baccarat crystal vases, Limoges china and sports trophies. While the Goldman estate also seeks stocks and interests in five Simpson companies, it is not clear if Fujisaki made a decision on confiscation of investment portfolios. In any case, O.J. probably hasn...
...Waterville, Maine, met their boss, Linda Wachner, in August 1994, she introduced herself as "Miss Linda" and showed up wearing a gray sweat suit. Despite the informality, signs of Wachner's clout and wealth were evident, from the Gulfstream jet she arrived in to her heart-shaped, five-carat diamond ring to the coterie of executives who trailed in her wake. It was a retinue befitting the chairman and CEO of Warnaco Group, Inc., Hathaway's parent, primarily a manufacturer of intimate apparel, with sales last year of $916 million...
Other buyers, though something less than household names, represented the glittering ranks of industry and society. Anthony J.F. O'Reilly, whose day job is ceo of the H.J. Heinz Co. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, bought his Greek shipping-heiress wife Chryss the 40-carat diamond ring that Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis bestowed on Jackie for their engagement. Sotheby's had set its value at $500,000 to $600,000. O'Reilly paid $2.6 million...
...quickly saw their hopes outbid by the frenzied buyers. Bruce Wolmer, editor in chief of Art & Auction, predicts the Onassis sale will far exceed Sotheby's 1987 Duchess of Windsor jewelry sale, which brought in $50 million. Mrs. Onassis' jewelry goes on sale Wednesday night and includes a 40-carat diamond she received as an engagement gift from the Greek shipping magnate. Sales later in the week will include JFK's golf clubs and Mrs. Onassis...
...year's International Gift Fair in New York. Maybe you can't take it to a minimart, but with a plastic liner, the chrome-plated version can be used as a wine cooler, a salad bowl or even a purse. Reidy says some Rolls-Royce dealers give the 24-carat gold-plated model to upscale Santas, who use it to deliver a set of car keys. Sales so far: 15,000. If you can afford it, check...