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Message: [QUOTE="Lou Kerr, post: 11040, member: 140765"] I remember reading somewhere that Eleanor Widener was travelling with a strand of pearls worth something like $300 thousand. I believe that the insurance policy required that they be in her posession at all times and thus they were not deposited with the purser and she wore them off the ship concealed under her clothing. This is the only substantially valuable item of jewelry that I have ever seen mentioned in connection with the Titanic. I also read in a magazine article several years ago that George Widener removed an emerald ring from his finger and placed it on her hand as she stepped into the lifeboat. The ring is now in possession of her grandson. [/QUOTE]