"A Mahwah house steeped in Gilded Age splendor is the most expensive address in New Jersey. The Crocker-McMillin mansion, a 58-room, a four-story brick masterpiece that has been compared to the royal residence in Versailles, sold for $26 million in late December, making it the most expensive mansion sold in the Garden State last year. ... The house was a result of America's tremendous industrial riches at the turn of the century. George Crocker was a businessman whose father co-founded the Central Pacific Railroad Company ... " [More]
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"Bonhams is about to auction off a stunning emerald and diamond Cartier bracelet that’s estimated to hammer down for $750,000 to $1.25 million. Dated circa 1926, the bracelet comes in at 101 carats and features seven enormous Colombian emeralds interspersed with baguette-cut diamonds. ... The bracelet was originally owned by Hélène Irwin Crocker Fagan, one of the richest American heiresses during the Belle Époque and Art Deco eras. It was likely a special order, and has remained in the family for close to 100 years. Irwin Crocker Fagan was the daughter of William G. Irwin, whose fortune came from sugar companies in Hawaii. She first married Templeton Crocker, the grandson of railroad magnate Charles Crocker, in 1911. After their divorce, she married the businessman Paul Fagan."
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