Book Club: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Auction Book

A couple years ago I found a pretty beat up copy of the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000E2ZNLU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000E2ZNLU&linkCode=as2&tag=littgreenote-20">Sotheby's Auction catalogue from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' estate</a> at the flea market.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo 4DSC_0065.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/4DSC_0065.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><center></center><br />I wouldn't say that I'm more interested in Jackie than the next person (other than her work with Sister Parish on the White House reno - I have another vintage book on that topic and it's <i>fascinating</i>. I'll be sure to share later.). But this catalogue is really something else. It's almost like reading a blog by Jackie. Most of the items for sale included photos of her wearing or using the item and usually a short, interesting personal story about the piece.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo DSC_0069.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/DSC_0069.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br />It's not the same thing at all, obviously, but it made me glad for a second that I've kept going with this little blog here for my family's sake. I'm no good at keeping a personal journal, but maybe my kids will be interested in reading these posts when they're older. And in the off-chance that I've kept any of my furniture/clothes/jewelry that long, that they would have a little provenance and family history that make my trinkets a little more personal and meaningful. (And now I'm thinking it's time to curb a lot of the F21/H&M purchases. Cost-per-wear, baby. Cost per wear.) :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo 12DSC_0072.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/12DSC_0072.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(My favorite page in the catalogue - a painting of Jacqueline and her sister Lee in India. Those trees! The watercolor sold was one of the original paintings used in the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1579651232/?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&condition=new&creative=390957&linkCode=ur2&qid=1293333026&sr=8-1&tag=littgreenote-20" target="_blank">Mrs. Kennedy Goes Abroad</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=littgreenote-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />)</i></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt=" photo 12DSC_0071.jpg" border="0" src="http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd246/jkomenda/Album4/12DSC_0071.jpg" style="text-align: start;" /></div><br /><i>PS Don't you ever wonder if blogs as they exist now will still be going strong in, like, ten years? Or are blogs the 8 track of social media? :)</i>

Book Club: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Auction Book

A couple years ago I found a pretty beat up copy of the Sotheby's Auction catalogue from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' estate  at the ...

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