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One year ago, a dozen of us enjoyed a wonderful holiday in Spain and France.
When Juanita discovered some of us were to be in London at the same time this year, she suggested we plan ‘An Event’ to celebrate.
‘The Event’, a special lunch at one of London’s newest restaurants, was expanded into an ‘Event + Surprise Presentation’ after Michael found a ‘Jewel’ from the Titanic in a shop in Cobh, Ireland on a voyage from New York to Southampton with the Turners and Edmundo.
Edmundo was ‘inspired’ and developed a storyline.
Read on!
READ THE ‘SCREENPLAY’ and THEN WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW
SCREENPLAY – “The Truth About the Brooch”
Storyline Adaption (from cloudy sources) – by EPC
Producer and Screenplay – by MM
Sound Engineer – he was fired
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At the time of the sinking of the Titanic, she stoically retired to the suite with her Jacob, and dressed in her finest lingerie, they lay in bed, and died as the waters rose.
Before the ship started breaking apart, a composed Mary threw the brooch into the sea, where it was to be recovered later by divers.
The diver sold it in 1916 to Prince Alexandrovich Obolensky, who was going to present it to the Czarina during their wedding anniversary in 1917.
The Bolshevik Revolution intervened, and Prince Alexandrovich was obliged to sell the brooch when he fled to Paris.
The brooch was bought by none other than Tom Buchanan, the son a well-established rich American family from Long Island – “tobacco money from Kentucky”.
The brooch became the wedding gift that Buchanan gave Daisy when Daisy decided to marry him rather than wait five years for the quixotic and handsome young Jay Gatsby to return from Military Service.
With the onset of the Great Depression, Buchanan was ruined, as his greed had made him invest all the Tobacco money in Wall Street and had sold everything.
The Buchanans sold the brooch to a multi-billionaire Bulgarian Contessa in exile, who was rumoured to be the mistress of Principe Contini, rumoured to conduct enormous businesses for Hitler and Mussolini.
So the story goes that after the Allied Victory, the brooch again was sold by the Contessa, who had gone into exile this time to Buenos Aires.
Baron von M and “El Duque de Cobos” appointed the most knowledgeable jewel merchants in Buenos Aires , Sofia, Paris, London and New York to search for the brooch.
The Agent who found the jewel was asked to meet Baron von M and “El Duque de Cobos” in Cobh in County Cork, Ireland (where the Titanic departed 101 years before).
We arrived by sea, knowing that due to looser Customs practices, it would be easier to introduce the jewel into England the same way it had left in 1912.
AND . . . . The Presentation was made in a ceremony in London after Luncheon at Oblix in the new Shard building on the other side of the river.
Who would guess that a ₤5 brooch purchased from a pop-up shop along the Quay in Cobh during our stopover could be the basis of so much fantasy and fun?
Unabridged Story as conceived by EPC - Click to read
Storyline Adaption from cloudy sources – by EPC
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At the time of the sinking of the Titanic, she stoically retired to the suite with her Jacob, the German American business magnate and first multi-millionaire in the United States. Dressed in her finest lingerie, they lay in bed, and died as the waters rose.
Before the ship started breaking apart, a composed Mary threw the brooch into the sea, where it was to be recovered later by divers.
The diver sold it in 1916 to Prince Alexandrovich Obolensky, who was going to present it to the Czarina during their wedding anniversary in 1917. This of course was truncated by the Bolshevik Revolution, and Prince Alexandrovich when he fled to Paris was obliged to sell the brooch in order to survive in the style to which they were accustomed.
The blue heart-shaped brooch encrusted in diamonds was bought by none other than Tom Buchanan, the son a well-established rich American family from Long Island – “tobacco money from Kentucky”. The brooch became the wedding gift that Buchanan gave Daisy when Daisy decided to marry him rather than wait five years for the quixotic and handsome young Jay Gatsby to return from Military Service in World War I.
During the Twenties, Long Island was shocked by the death of Gatsby, who was shot by the jealous husband of Myrtle Wilson, the mistress of Tom Buchanan. He wrongly believed that it was Gatsby who ran down and killed his wife, whereas in truth, it was his own wife Daisy who was behind the wheel. Despite Daisy’s love for Gatsby alone, being the bitch she was, she stayed with Buchanan and continued with the roaring parties. However, with the onset of the Great Depression, Buchanan was ruined, as his greed had made him invest all the Tobacco money in Wall Street and had sold everything.
The Buchanans were forced to sell the brooch to a multi-billionaire Bulgarian Contessa in exile, who was rumoured to be the mistress of Principe Contini, rumoured to conduct enormous businesses for Hitler and Mussolini. During the Occupation of Paris by the Nazis, the Bulgarian Contessa was seen many times at the Paris Opera and Maxims sporting the brooch.
So the story goes that after the Allied Victory, the brooch again was sold by the Contessa, who had gone into exile this time to Buenos Aires. It was the fact that the brooch was rumoured to be in the Argentine, being the place of birth of Baroness von Stieglitz, it was planned by Baron von M and “El Duque de Cobos” to appoint the most knowledgeable jewel merchants in Buenos Aires , Sofia, Paris, London and New York to search for the brooch which had been known to arrive in Buenos Aires with the Contessa.
In order not to raise any suspicions, we asked the Agent who found the jewel to meet us in Cobh in County Cork, Ireland (where the Titanic departed 101 years before). We arrived by sea, after a smooth Atlantic crossing from Newfoundland knowing that due to looser Customs practices, it would be easier to introduce the jewel into England the same way it had left in 1912.
And . . . . in London, after lunch at Oblix, the latest London restaurant sensation located on the 32nd floor of The Shard, Renzo Piano’s celebrated building on the other side of the river, we present the Baroness von Stieglitz with ‘The Brooch”.
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Cobh, County Cork Ireland. Click to see photos and video of the Irish town where we located the brooch
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