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Onassis shipping heiress dies
2008
Miss Onassis, who inherited her father's vast shipping empire and fortune, will be buried alongside her brother, who died in a plane crash, and her father [Aristotle Onassis] on the family Greek island of Scorpios. He said that Miss Onassis's only child, her three-year-old daughter Athina, once described as the world's first billion-dollar baby, would inherit her fortune.
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Ice maiden: Christina Onassis' diamonds
2008
The company's European head of jewellery, Raymond Sancroft-Baker, believes that it's not just the timeless design of [Christina Onassis]'s necklace that could attract bids pushing 3m, but the fact that the main diamond is a \"major stone\", a flawless, D colour diamond - the highest category. The identity of its famous previous owner is a selling point, too, despite her tragic story: Christina died in 1988 at the age of 37, having been through four divorces, frosty relations with her stepmother Jackie Onassis, and drug problems.
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SIX OF THE BEST
2009
Prep And Landing 6pm, Disney Cinemagic Sky 622 Virgin 728 Ever heard of Prep And Landing? They're the elite band of elves who make sure every home in the world is ready for the 'big guy's arrival', dashing hither and thither with high-tech gadgets recording how many creatures are stirring. This beautifully animated, brand-new Disney Christmas special aired only ve days ago in the , is produced by ohn Lasseter Toy tory, all-E, p , and its halfhour running time is just too short. Fantastic seasonal family fare. How Do You Solve A Problem Like Lolita? 9pm, BBC4 No, they aren't making Lolita into a musical - at least, not yet. (Actually, John Barry tried it in 1971 - it didn't work.) This detailed new documentary covers a lot of ground in exploring the history of Vladimir Nabokov, dipping into his childhood near Saint Petersburg and then on to the US, where the author lived, taught and travelled around, writing Lolita and hunting butter ies. Contributors include the author Martin Amis and Amy Grace Loyd, the literary editor of Playboy, which recently serialised Nabokov's nal, posthumous book - the work he told his descendants to destroy.
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BRITAIN Onassis jewels
2008
Among the 44 jewels was a 38-carat diamond that sold for $7.5 million.
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Onassis diamonds fetch $13.3 million
2008
Dazzling jewels belonging to the late Greek shipping heiress Christina Onassis fetched $13.3 million US in an auction, Christie's said Wednesday.
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Record-breaking E8.5m paid for 230 pieces of Onassis jewellery
2008
Christie's said her collection was the 'highlight' of the day's auction which totalled EUR 19million. Among the other items in her collection was a rare Faberge 'Buddha', an ornament from Aristotle Onassis' yacht, which fetched EUR 1.6million. Raymond Sancroft-Baker, of Christie's, confirmed: 'Naturally the highlight of the sale was the [Christina Onassis] collection that was 100 per cent sold.'
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Onassis auction
2008
Jewellery belonging to Greek heiress Christina Onassis sold...
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