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TIME: You've said Mrs. Onassis helped.
Despite the excitement over the auction of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' belongings [ARTS & MEDIA, May 6], I own the most valuable piece of the Kennedy legacy, and it cost me absolutely nothing. President John Kennedy offered young people compassion for others, hope for a more just world and the belief that...
What does the Jackie Onassis auction tell us? some things that we already knew, and some that we didn't. We knew that there were always two Jackies, really. One was moving and heroic and cultivated, the possessor of a detached dignity that kept us fascinated. The other was a...
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis might or might not have been happy to observe last week's frenzied auction. But one onlooker can only be delighted: the Internal Revenue Service. It stands to pick up a large chunk, maybe even most, of the $30 million or so net that was raised.
So she wasn't perfect. And now we know her taste wasn't either. In fact, some of the items sold last week reflect an amazing and heartening level of vulgarity. The big Onassis diamond that went for $2,587,500 is a truly gross piece of work, and I...