Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A casino made the purchase; they intend to use it as a tourist draw. The thing will probably pay for itself inside of fifteen minutes. This reminds me of a similar story: about a decade ago the owners of the Franklin Mint paid more than $230,000 for Jackie Kennedy's Kenneth Lane costume pearls. Mind you this was for costume jewelry, worth at most $100. However, these pearls were in several famous LEICA-MADE photographs*, notably with John-John grabbing at Mommy's necklace. Many were aghast that the Resnicks spent that much for fake jewelry. About five months after the auction I noticed ads for "Jackie's Pearls! Only ten zillion payments (totaling $200) and you can have the authorized replica of the ORIGINAL, owned by the Franklin Mint." During a walk through the local mall, I saw a Franklin Mint store and went inside. I asked the clerk if they had "Jackie's Pearls". He said no; the first production run of 50,000 sold out immediately, and they were waiting for more. You do the math. Guess the damn things were actually quite cheap, in the scheme of things. Best, Jim Shulman Bryn Mawr, PA *note the sly introduction of Leica to keep this blather on topic. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jeffery Smith Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:47 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: Subject: Re: [Leica] I love looking at other people's grilledcheese sandwiches Well, the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich sold for a reported $28,000. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,139331,00.html Jeffery