
Alan Perry, owner of jewelry store Perry’s Emporium, the papal jewelry he will be selling for a customer in Wilmington, NC, Wednesday. The jewellery belonged to Pope Pius XII and then Paul VI who donated it to the United Nations to be auctioned as a fundraiser in 1965. The current owner of the jewelry lives in Wilmington.
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — A lavishly jeweled cross and a ring once owned by Pope Paul VI are heading to auction on eBay.
The items have turned up at a U.S. store owned by a Southern Baptist with a flair for self-promotion. It’s the latest stop on a strange journey involving luminaries ranging from UN Secretary General U Thant to Evel Knievel, and which began with Paul VI’s novel decision to allow some of his jewelry to be sold to raise money for charity.
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